diff --git a/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift b/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
index 1941a7aa2..f31a16525 100644
--- a/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ class MasterFeedViewController: UITableViewController, UndoableCommandRunner {
 		}
 		
 		navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = editButtonItem
-		
+
+		// Set the bar button item so that it doesn't show on the timeline view
+		navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
+
 		// If you don't have an empty table header, UIKit tries to help out by putting one in for you
 		// that makes a gap between the first section header and the navigation bar
 		var frame = CGRect.zero
diff --git a/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift b/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
index 379fe1fd6..e1ec464b8 100644
--- a/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ class MasterTimelineViewController: UITableViewController, UndoableCommandRunner
 		applyChanges(animated: false)
 		
 		// Set the bar button item so that it doesn't show on the article view
-		navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem()
-		
+		navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
+
 		// Restore the scroll position if we have one stored
 		if let restoreIndexPath = coordinator.timelineMiddleIndexPath {
 			tableView.scrollToRow(at: restoreIndexPath, at: .middle, animated: false)