diff --git a/src/components/alphapicker/alphapicker.js b/src/components/alphapicker/alphapicker.js
index f66e561c5..e06bdbd1a 100644
--- a/src/components/alphapicker/alphapicker.js
+++ b/src/components/alphapicker/alphapicker.js
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ define(['focusManager', 'layoutManager', 'dom', 'css!./style.css', 'paper-icon-b
html += '
';
if (options.mode === 'keyboard') {
- // space_bar icon
html += '';
} else {
letters = ['#'];
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ define(['focusManager', 'layoutManager', 'dom', 'css!./style.css', 'paper-icon-b
html += mapLetters(letters, vertical).join('');
if (options.mode === 'keyboard') {
- // backspace icon
html += '';
html += '
';