diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseRecyclerView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseRecyclerView.java
index 4e39ed3..6fdf454 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseRecyclerView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseRecyclerView.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
-import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@
     private int mDownX;
     private int mDownY;
     private int mLastY;
-    protected Rect mBackgroundPadding = new Rect();
 
     public BaseRecyclerView(Context context) {
         this(context, null);
@@ -164,21 +162,11 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    public void updateBackgroundPadding(Rect padding) {
-        mBackgroundPadding.set(padding);
-    }
-
-    public Rect getBackgroundPadding() {
-        return mBackgroundPadding;
-    }
-
     /**
-     * Returns the visible height of the recycler view:
-     *   VisibleHeight = View height - top padding - bottom padding
+     * Returns the height of the fast scroll bar
      */
-    protected int getVisibleHeight() {
-        int visibleHeight = getHeight() - mBackgroundPadding.top - mBackgroundPadding.bottom;
-        return visibleHeight;
+    protected int getScrollbarTrackHeight() {
+        return getHeight();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -192,7 +180,7 @@
      *   AvailableScrollBarHeight = Total height of the visible view - thumb height
      */
     protected int getAvailableScrollBarHeight() {
-        int availableScrollBarHeight = getVisibleHeight() - mScrollbar.getThumbHeight();
+        int availableScrollBarHeight = getScrollbarTrackHeight() - mScrollbar.getThumbHeight();
         return availableScrollBarHeight;
     }
 
@@ -204,13 +192,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the inactive thumb color, can be overridden by each subclass.
-     */
-    public int getFastScrollerThumbInactiveColor(int defaultInactiveThumbColor) {
-        return defaultInactiveThumbColor;
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Returns the scrollbar for this recycler view.
      */
     public BaseRecyclerViewFastScrollBar getScrollBar() {
@@ -234,7 +215,6 @@
     protected void synchronizeScrollBarThumbOffsetToViewScroll(int scrollY,
             int availableScrollHeight) {
         // Only show the scrollbar if there is height to be scrolled
-        int availableScrollBarHeight = getAvailableScrollBarHeight();
         if (availableScrollHeight <= 0) {
             mScrollbar.setThumbOffsetY(-1);
             return;
@@ -243,8 +223,8 @@
         // Calculate the current scroll position, the scrollY of the recycler view accounts for the
         // view padding, while the scrollBarY is drawn right up to the background padding (ignoring
         // padding)
-        int scrollBarY = mBackgroundPadding.top +
-                (int) (((float) scrollY / availableScrollHeight) * availableScrollBarHeight);
+        int scrollBarY =
+                (int) (((float) scrollY / availableScrollHeight) * getAvailableScrollBarHeight());
 
         // Calculate the position and size of the scroll bar
         mScrollbar.setThumbOffsetY(scrollBarY);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseRecyclerViewFastScrollBar.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseRecyclerViewFastScrollBar.java
index 263e132..40c5ed6 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseRecyclerViewFastScrollBar.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/BaseRecyclerViewFastScrollBar.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
         }
         int left = getDrawLeft();
         // Invalidate the whole scroll bar area.
-        mRv.invalidate(left, 0, left + mMaxWidth, mRv.getVisibleHeight());
+        mRv.invalidate(left, 0, left + mMaxWidth, mRv.getScrollbarTrackHeight());
 
         mWidth = width;
         updateThumbPath();
@@ -218,11 +218,9 @@
                 }
                 if (mIsDragging) {
                     // Update the fastscroller section name at this touch position
-                    int top = mRv.getBackgroundPadding().top;
-                    int bottom = top + mRv.getVisibleHeight() - mThumbHeight;
-                    float boundedY = (float) Math.max(top, Math.min(bottom, y - mTouchOffsetY));
-                    String sectionName = mRv.scrollToPositionAtProgress((boundedY - top) /
-                            (bottom - top));
+                    int bottom = mRv.getScrollbarTrackHeight() - mThumbHeight;
+                    float boundedY = (float) Math.max(0, Math.min(bottom, y - mTouchOffsetY));
+                    String sectionName = mRv.scrollToPositionAtProgress(boundedY / bottom);
                     if (!sectionName.equals(mPopupSectionName)) {
                         mPopupSectionName = sectionName;
                         mPopupView.setText(sectionName);
@@ -257,7 +255,7 @@
         }
         // Draw the track
         int thumbWidth = mIsRtl ? mWidth : -mWidth;
-        canvas.drawRect(0, 0, thumbWidth, mRv.getVisibleHeight(), mTrackPaint);
+        canvas.drawRect(0, 0, thumbWidth, mRv.getScrollbarTrackHeight(), mTrackPaint);
 
         canvas.translate(0, mThumbOffsetY);
         canvas.drawPath(mThumbPath, mThumbPaint);
@@ -299,7 +297,7 @@
     private void updatePopupY(int lastTouchY) {
         int height = mPopupView.getHeight();
         float top = lastTouchY - (FAST_SCROLL_OVERLAY_Y_OFFSET_FACTOR * height);
-        top = Math.max(mMaxWidth, Math.min(top, mRv.getVisibleHeight() - mMaxWidth - height));
+        top = Math.max(mMaxWidth, Math.min(top, mRv.getScrollbarTrackHeight() - mMaxWidth - height));
         mPopupView.setTranslationY(top);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/DeviceProfile.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/DeviceProfile.java
index e830250..655c218 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/DeviceProfile.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/DeviceProfile.java
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@
     public void layout(Launcher launcher, boolean notifyListeners) {
         FrameLayout.LayoutParams lp;
         boolean hasVerticalBarLayout = isVerticalBarLayout();
-        final boolean isLayoutRtl = Utilities.isRtl(launcher.getResources());
 
         // Layout the search bar space
         Point searchBarBounds = getSearchBarDimensForWidgetOpts();
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/AllAppsRecyclerView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/AllAppsRecyclerView.java
index a32a9b1..ab34287 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/AllAppsRecyclerView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/allapps/AllAppsRecyclerView.java
@@ -162,27 +162,10 @@
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * We need to override the draw to ensure that we don't draw the overscroll effect beyond the
-     * background bounds.
-     */
-    @Override
-    protected void dispatchDraw(Canvas canvas) {
-        // Clip to ensure that we don't draw the overscroll effect beyond the background bounds
-        canvas.clipRect(mBackgroundPadding.left, mBackgroundPadding.top,
-                getWidth() - mBackgroundPadding.right,
-                getHeight() - mBackgroundPadding.bottom);
-        super.dispatchDraw(canvas);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void onDraw(Canvas c) {
         // Draw the background
         if (mEmptySearchBackground != null && mEmptySearchBackground.getAlpha() > 0) {
-            c.clipRect(mBackgroundPadding.left, mBackgroundPadding.top,
-                    getWidth() - mBackgroundPadding.right,
-                    getHeight() - mBackgroundPadding.bottom);
-
             mEmptySearchBackground.draw(c);
         }
 
@@ -319,8 +302,8 @@
                 // Calculate the current scroll position, the scrollY of the recycler view accounts
                 // for the view padding, while the scrollBarY is drawn right up to the background
                 // padding (ignoring padding)
-                int scrollBarY = mBackgroundPadding.top +
-                        (int) (((float) scrollY / availableScrollHeight) * availableScrollBarHeight);
+                int scrollBarY = (int)
+                        (((float) scrollY / availableScrollHeight) * availableScrollBarHeight);
 
                 int thumbScrollY = mScrollbar.getThumbOffsetY();
                 int diffScrollY = scrollBarY - thumbScrollY;
@@ -411,8 +394,8 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected int getVisibleHeight() {
-        return super.getVisibleHeight()
+    protected int getScrollbarTrackHeight() {
+        return super.getScrollbarTrackHeight()
                 - Launcher.getLauncher(getContext()).getDragLayer().getInsets().bottom;
     }
 
@@ -424,7 +407,7 @@
     protected int getAvailableScrollHeight() {
         int paddedHeight = getCurrentScrollY(mApps.getAdapterItems().size(), 0);
         int totalHeight = paddedHeight + getPaddingBottom();
-        return totalHeight - getVisibleHeight();
+        return totalHeight - getScrollbarTrackHeight();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetsRecyclerView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetsRecyclerView.java
index c33978e..4b23ae0 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetsRecyclerView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetsRecyclerView.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package com.android.launcher3.widget;
 
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
@@ -71,18 +70,6 @@
     public void setWidgets(WidgetsModel widgets) {
         mWidgets = widgets;
     }
-    
-    /**
-     * We need to override the draw to ensure that we don't draw the overscroll effect beyond the
-     * background bounds.
-     */
-    @Override
-    protected void dispatchDraw(Canvas canvas) {
-        canvas.clipRect(mBackgroundPadding.left, mBackgroundPadding.top,
-                getWidth() - mBackgroundPadding.right,
-                getHeight() - mBackgroundPadding.bottom);
-        super.dispatchDraw(canvas);
-    }
 
     /**
      * Maps the touch (from 0..1) to the adapter position that should be visible.
@@ -152,7 +139,7 @@
         View child = getChildAt(0);
         int height = child.getMeasuredHeight() * mWidgets.getPackageSize();
         int totalHeight = getPaddingTop() + height + getPaddingBottom();
-        int availableScrollHeight = totalHeight - getVisibleHeight();
+        int availableScrollHeight = totalHeight - getScrollbarTrackHeight();
         return availableScrollHeight;
     }