diff --git a/js/ui/overviewControls.js b/js/ui/overviewControls.js
index c16c4ac54..f5314762e 100644
--- a/js/ui/overviewControls.js
+++ b/js/ui/overviewControls.js
@@ -208,23 +208,12 @@ const SlidingControl = new Lang.Class({
     slideIn: function() {
         this.visible = true;
         this._updateTranslation();
-        // we will update slideX and the translation from pageEmpty
     },
 
     slideOut: function() {
         this.visible = false;
         this._updateTranslation();
-        // we will update slideX from pageEmpty
     },
-
-    pageEmpty: function() {
-        // When pageEmpty is received, there's no visible view in the
-        // selector; this means we can now safely set the full slide for
-        // the next page, since slideIn or slideOut might have been called,
-        // changing the visiblity
-        this.layout.slideX = this.getSlide();
-        this._updateTranslation();
-    }
 });
 
 const ThumbnailsSlider = new Lang.Class({
@@ -600,18 +589,14 @@ const ControlsManager = new Lang.Class({
             return;
 
         let activePage = this.viewSelector.getActivePage();
+
         let dashVisible = (activePage == ViewSelector.ViewPage.WINDOWS ||
                            activePage == ViewSelector.ViewPage.APPS);
-        let thumbnailsVisible = (activePage == ViewSelector.ViewPage.WINDOWS);
-
-        if (dashVisible)
-            this._dashSlider.slideIn();
-        else
+        if (!dashVisible)
             this._dashSlider.slideOut();
 
-        if (thumbnailsVisible)
-            this._thumbnailsSlider.slideIn();
-        else
+        let thumbnailsVisible = (activePage == ViewSelector.ViewPage.WINDOWS);
+        if (!thumbnailsVisible)
             this._thumbnailsSlider.slideOut();
     },
 
@@ -624,8 +609,16 @@ const ControlsManager = new Lang.Class({
     },
 
     _onPageEmpty: function() {
-        this._dashSlider.pageEmpty();
-        this._thumbnailsSlider.pageEmpty();
+        let activePage = this.viewSelector.getActivePage();
+
+        let dashVisible = (activePage == ViewSelector.ViewPage.WINDOWS ||
+                           activePage == ViewSelector.ViewPage.APPS);
+        if (dashVisible)
+            this._dashSlider.slideIn();
+
+        let thumbnailsVisible = (activePage == ViewSelector.ViewPage.WINDOWS);
+        if (thumbnailsVisible)
+            this._thumbnailsSlider.slideIn();
 
         this._updateSpacerVisibility();
     }