diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_clock_time.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_clock_time.xml
index efcb6f3435b9d..8bff1a1353369 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_clock_time.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_clock_time.xml
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@
         android:format12Hour="@string/dream_time_complication_12_hr_time_format"
         android:format24Hour="@string/dream_time_complication_24_hr_time_format"
         android:fontFeatureSettings="pnum, lnum"
+        android:includeFontPadding="false"
         android:letterSpacing="0.02"
+        android:maxLines="1"
         android:textSize="@dimen/dream_overlay_complication_clock_time_text_size"
-        android:translationY="@dimen/dream_overlay_complication_clock_time_translation_y"
         app:keyShadowBlur="@dimen/dream_overlay_clock_key_text_shadow_radius"
         app:keyShadowOffsetX="@dimen/dream_overlay_clock_key_text_shadow_dx"
         app:keyShadowOffsetY="@dimen/dream_overlay_clock_key_text_shadow_dy"
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
         app:ambientShadowOffsetX="@dimen/dream_overlay_clock_ambient_text_shadow_dx"
         app:ambientShadowOffsetY="@dimen/dream_overlay_clock_ambient_text_shadow_dy"
         app:ambientShadowAlpha="0.3"
-        />
+        app:removeTextDescent="true"
+        app:textDescentExtraPadding="@dimen/dream_overlay_clock_text_descent_extra_padding" />
 
 </FrameLayout>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
index 91459825f5e0f..127d67ea1d6df 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -1591,7 +1591,6 @@
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_bottom_affordance_radius">32dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_bottom_affordance_padding">14dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_complication_clock_time_text_size">86dp</dimen>
-    <dimen name="dream_overlay_complication_clock_time_translation_y">28dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_complication_clock_subtitle_text_size">24sp</dimen>
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_complication_preview_text_size">36sp</dimen>
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_complication_preview_icon_padding">28dp</dimen>
@@ -1692,6 +1691,7 @@
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_clock_ambient_text_shadow_dx">0dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_clock_ambient_text_shadow_dy">0dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_clock_ambient_text_shadow_radius">1dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="dream_overlay_clock_text_descent_extra_padding">1dp</dimen>
 
     <!-- Shadow for dream overlay status bar complications -->
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_status_bar_key_text_shadow_dx">0.5dp</dimen>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/shared/res/values/attrs.xml b/packages/SystemUI/shared/res/values/attrs.xml
index f3aeaef4cfe76..84ea6b7eecf4a 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/shared/res/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/shared/res/values/attrs.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
         <attr name="ambientShadowOffsetX" />
         <attr name="ambientShadowOffsetY" />
         <attr name="ambientShadowAlpha" />
+        <attr name="removeTextDescent" format="boolean" />
+        <!-- padding to add back when removing text descent so it ensures text is not clipped -->
+        <attr name="textDescentExtraPadding" format="dimension" />
     </declare-styleable>
 
     <declare-styleable name="DoubleShadowTextView">
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/shared/src/com/android/systemui/shared/shadow/DoubleShadowTextClock.kt b/packages/SystemUI/shared/src/com/android/systemui/shared/shadow/DoubleShadowTextClock.kt
index f2db129120e9a..5a6f1840bc95d 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/shared/src/com/android/systemui/shared/shadow/DoubleShadowTextClock.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/shared/src/com/android/systemui/shared/shadow/DoubleShadowTextClock.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import android.widget.TextClock
 import com.android.systemui.shared.R
 import com.android.systemui.shared.shadow.DoubleShadowTextHelper.ShadowInfo
 import com.android.systemui.shared.shadow.DoubleShadowTextHelper.applyShadows
+import kotlin.math.floor
 
 /** Extension of [TextClock] which draws two shadows on the text (ambient and key shadows) */
 class DoubleShadowTextClock
@@ -89,6 +90,21 @@ constructor(
                     ambientShadowOffsetY.toFloat(),
                     ambientShadowAlpha
                 )
+            val removeTextDescent =
+                attributes.getBoolean(R.styleable.DoubleShadowTextClock_removeTextDescent, false)
+            val textDescentExtraPadding =
+                attributes.getDimensionPixelSize(
+                    R.styleable.DoubleShadowTextClock_textDescentExtraPadding,
+                    0
+                )
+            if (removeTextDescent) {
+                setPaddingRelative(
+                    0,
+                    0,
+                    0,
+                    textDescentExtraPadding - floor(paint.fontMetrics.descent.toDouble()).toInt()
+                )
+            }
         } finally {
             attributes.recycle()
         }