diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/combined_qs_header.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/combined_qs_header.xml
index 12f13e9a21385..3a15ae4f17ff4 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/combined_qs_header.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/combined_qs_header.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ frame when animating QS <-> QQS transition
         android:gravity="center_vertical"
         android:paddingStart="@dimen/shade_header_system_icons_padding_start"
         android:paddingEnd="@dimen/shade_header_system_icons_padding_end"
+        android:paddingTop="@dimen/shade_header_system_icons_padding_top"
+        android:paddingBottom="@dimen/shade_header_system_icons_padding_bottom"
         app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
         app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@id/privacy_container"
         app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@id/clock">
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml
index d85e0122f2b4f..915dcdb9755f2 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
     <!-- start padding is smaller to account for status icon margins coming from drawable itself -->
     <dimen name="shade_header_system_icons_padding_start">3dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="shade_header_system_icons_padding_end">4dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="shade_header_system_icons_padding_top">2dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="shade_header_system_icons_padding_bottom">2dp</dimen>
 
     <!-- Lockscreen shade transition values -->
     <dimen name="lockscreen_shade_transition_by_tap_distance">200dp</dimen>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
index 55978e65e85b6..3ada7c2341ae9 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -496,9 +496,10 @@
     <dimen name="large_screen_shade_header_min_height">@dimen/qs_header_row_min_height</dimen>
     <dimen name="large_screen_shade_header_left_padding">@dimen/qs_horizontal_margin</dimen>
     <dimen name="shade_header_system_icons_height">@dimen/large_screen_shade_header_min_height</dimen>
-    <dimen name="shade_header_system_icons_height_large_screen">32dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="shade_header_system_icons_padding_start">0dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="shade_header_system_icons_padding_end">0dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="shade_header_system_icons_padding_top">0dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="shade_header_system_icons_padding_bottom">0dp</dimen>
 
     <!-- The top margin of the panel that holds the list of notifications.
          On phones it's always 0dp but it's overridden in Car UI
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/xml/large_screen_shade_header.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/xml/large_screen_shade_header.xml
index 2ec6180513bfa..fe61c46e341d1 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/xml/large_screen_shade_header.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/xml/large_screen_shade_header.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <Constraint android:id="@+id/shade_header_system_icons">
         <Layout
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_height="@dimen/shade_header_system_icons_height_large_screen"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
             app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@id/privacy_container"
             app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderController.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderController.kt
index bea12de5ab495..656411874de55 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderController.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/shade/ShadeHeaderController.kt
@@ -263,9 +263,11 @@ constructor(
                     resources.getDimensionPixelSize(
                         R.dimen.shade_header_system_icons_padding_start
                     ),
-                    systemIcons.paddingTop,
+                    resources.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.shade_header_system_icons_padding_top),
                     resources.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.shade_header_system_icons_padding_end),
-                    systemIcons.paddingBottom
+                    resources.getDimensionPixelSize(
+                        R.dimen.shade_header_system_icons_padding_bottom
+                    )
                 )
             }