diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/floris/TextKeyData.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/floris/TextKeyData.kt
index fbf1f7921..d98f3b956 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/floris/TextKeyData.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/floris/TextKeyData.kt
@@ -542,7 +542,9 @@ sealed interface KeyData : AbstractKeyData {
             // essentially the first term only changes the appearance of the armenian period key in holo theme
             KeyLabel.PERIOD -> (Key.LABEL_FLAGS_HAS_POPUP_HINT and
                     if (params.mId.isAlphabetKeyboard) params.mLocaleKeyboardInfos.labelFlags else 0) or
-                    Key.LABEL_FLAGS_PRESERVE_CASE
+                    Key.LABEL_FLAGS_PRESERVE_CASE or
+                    // in functional_keys.json the label flag is already defined, let's not override it in case it's removed by the user
+                    if (!params.mId.isAlphaOrSymbolKeyboard && shouldShowTldPopups(params)) Key.LABEL_FLAGS_DISABLE_HINT_LABEL else 0
             KeyLabel.ACTION -> {
                 Key.LABEL_FLAGS_PRESERVE_CASE or Key.LABEL_FLAGS_AUTO_X_SCALE or Key.LABEL_FLAGS_FOLLOW_KEY_LABEL_RATIO or
                         Key.LABEL_FLAGS_HAS_POPUP_HINT or KeyboardTheme.getThemeActionAndEmojiKeyLabelFlags(params.mThemeId)