diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/lockscreen/LockscreenSmartspaceController.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/lockscreen/LockscreenSmartspaceController.kt
index cf9daf60ec2be..4e5bc8e7d0996 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/lockscreen/LockscreenSmartspaceController.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/lockscreen/LockscreenSmartspaceController.kt
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import com.android.settingslib.Utils
 import com.android.systemui.R
-import com.android.systemui.animation.ActivityLaunchAnimator
 import com.android.systemui.dagger.SysUISingleton
 import com.android.systemui.dagger.qualifiers.Main
 import com.android.systemui.plugins.ActivityStarter
@@ -190,24 +189,19 @@ class LockscreenSmartspaceController @Inject constructor(
         val ssView = plugin.getView(parent)
         ssView.registerDataProvider(plugin)
 
-        val animationController = ActivityLaunchAnimator.Controller.fromView(
-            ssView as View,
-            null /* cujType */
-        )
-
         ssView.setIntentStarter(object : BcSmartspaceDataPlugin.IntentStarter {
-            override fun startIntent(v: View?, i: Intent?, showOnLockscreen: Boolean) {
+            override fun startIntent(view: View, intent: Intent, showOnLockscreen: Boolean) {
                 activityStarter.startActivity(
-                    i,
+                    intent,
                     true, /* dismissShade */
-                    animationController,
+                    null, /* launch animator - looks bad with the transparent smartspace bg */
                     showOnLockscreen
                 )
             }
 
-            override fun startPendingIntent(pi: PendingIntent?, showOnLockscreen: Boolean) {
+            override fun startPendingIntent(pi: PendingIntent, showOnLockscreen: Boolean) {
                 if (showOnLockscreen) {
-                    pi?.send()
+                    pi.send()
                 } else {
                     activityStarter.startPendingIntentDismissingKeyguard(pi)
                 }