diff --git a/src/screens/visualizer.cpp b/src/screens/visualizer.cpp
index 66fc546d..9770f7ba 100644
--- a/src/screens/visualizer.cpp
+++ b/src/screens/visualizer.cpp
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ Visualizer::Visualizer()
   HZ_MIN(Config.visualizer_spectrum_hz_min),
   HZ_MAX(Config.visualizer_spectrum_hz_max),
   GAIN(Config.visualizer_spectrum_gain),
-  SMOOTH_CHARS(ToWString("▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█")),
-  SMOOTH_CHARS_FLIPPED(ToWString("▔🮂🮃🮄🬎🮅🮆█")) // https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1FB00.pdf
+  SMOOTH_CHARS(ToWString("")),
+  SMOOTH_CHARS_FLIPPED(ToWString(""))
 #endif
 {
 	InitDataSource();
@@ -535,12 +535,7 @@ void Visualizer::DrawFrequencySpectrum(const int16_t *buf, ssize_t samples, size
 				} else {
 					// fractional height
 					if (flipped) {
-						if (Config.visualizer_spectrum_smooth_look_legacy_chars) {
-							ch = SMOOTH_CHARS_FLIPPED[idx];
-						} else {
-							ch = SMOOTH_CHARS[size-idx-2];
-							color = NC::FormattedColor(color.color(), {NC::Format::Reverse});
-						}
+						ch = SMOOTH_CHARS_FLIPPED[idx];
 					} else {
 						ch = SMOOTH_CHARS[idx];
 					}
diff --git a/src/screens/visualizer.h b/src/screens/visualizer.h
index 3a7a65ba..8a9e61ad 100644
--- a/src/screens/visualizer.h
+++ b/src/screens/visualizer.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ private:
 	const double HZ_MAX;
 	const double GAIN;
 	const std::wstring SMOOTH_CHARS;
-	const std::wstring SMOOTH_CHARS_FLIPPED;
+    const std::wstring SMOOTH_CHARS_FLIPPED;
 	std::vector<double> m_dft_freqspace;
 	std::vector<std::pair<size_t, double>> m_bar_heights;