diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/form_viewers.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/form_viewers.js
index 3d488e4729..205c6b5bf1 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/form_viewers.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/form_viewers.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ frappe.ui.form.FormViewers = class FormViewers {
 		let users = this.frm.get_docinfo()['viewers'];
 		let currently_viewing = users.current.filter(user => user != frappe.session.user);
 		let avatar_group = frappe.avatar_group(currently_viewing, 5, {'align': 'left', 'overlap': true});
-		this.parent.empty().append(avatar_group);
+		// REDESIGN-TODO: fix this
+		this.parent.empty(); //.append(avatar_group);
 	}
 };