diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/slices/SlicePreference.java b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SlicePreference.java
index a2a7fe173fa..fe5ed60737d 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/slices/SlicePreference.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SlicePreference.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class SlicePreference extends LayoutPreference {
         mSliceView = findViewById(R.id.slice_view);
         mSliceView.setShowTitleItems(true);
         mSliceView.setScrollable(false);
+        mSliceView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
     }
 
     public void onSliceUpdated(Slice slice) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/slices/SlicePreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SlicePreferenceController.java
index c31321d9c4b..df28304f738 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/slices/SlicePreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/slices/SlicePreferenceController.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import com.android.settings.core.BasePreferenceController;
 import com.android.settingslib.core.lifecycle.LifecycleObserver;
 import com.android.settingslib.core.lifecycle.events.OnStart;
 import com.android.settingslib.core.lifecycle.events.OnStop;
-import com.android.settingslib.utils.ThreadUtils;
 
 /**
  * Default {@link BasePreferenceController} for {@link SliceView}. It will take {@link Uri} for
@@ -66,9 +65,6 @@ public class SlicePreferenceController extends BasePreferenceController implemen
         mUri = uri;
         mLiveData = SliceLiveData.fromUri(mContext, mUri, (int type, Throwable source) -> {
             Log.w(TAG, "Slice may be null. uri = " + uri + ", error = " + type);
-            ThreadUtils.postOnMainThread(() -> {
-                onChanged(null);
-            });
         });
 
         //TODO(b/120803703): figure out why we need to remove observer first