diff --git a/app/javascript/src/styles/common/navigation.scss b/app/javascript/src/styles/common/navigation.scss
index 3c7496d43..d26bf90a2 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/styles/common/navigation.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/src/styles/common/navigation.scss
@@ -325,4 +325,11 @@ nav.navigation, body.nav-toggled nav.navigation {
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// Tweak for the secondary menu on desktop
+body.c-static.a-home {
+  @include window-larger-than(800px) {
+    menu.nav-secondary { background: transparent; }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_nav.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_nav.html.erb
index 5ec4699fa..731a4099a 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_nav.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_nav.html.erb
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@
   <menu class="nav-offset"></menu>
 
   <menu class="nav-secondary <%= "empty" unless content_for(:secondary_links) %>">
-    <% if content_for(:secondary_links) %>
-      <%= yield :secondary_links %>
-    <% else %>
-      <%= subnav_link_to "Height Placeholder", "" %>
-    <% end %>
+    <%= yield :secondary_links %>
   </menu>
 
   <menu class="nav-controls">
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/blank.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/blank.html.erb
index ab2f23de6..40b65f21f 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/blank.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/blank.html.erb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 </head>
 <%= tag.body **body_attributes(CurrentUser.user) do %>
   <%= render "layouts/theme_include" %>
+  <%= render "layouts/nav" %>
+
   <% if CurrentUser.is_anonymous? %>
     <%= render "static/guest_warning" %>
   <% end %>