diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/mici/widgets/button.py b/selfdrive/ui/mici/widgets/button.py
index 0b252c21a..172a156c3 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/mici/widgets/button.py
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/mici/widgets/button.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from collections.abc import Callable
 from openpilot.system.ui.widgets import Widget
 from openpilot.system.ui.widgets.label import MiciLabel
 from openpilot.system.ui.widgets.scroller import DO_ZOOM
-from openpilot.system.ui.lib.text_measure import measure_text_cached
 from openpilot.system.ui.lib.application import gui_app, FontWeight, MousePos
 from openpilot.common.filter_simple import BounceFilter
 
@@ -129,12 +128,6 @@ class BigButton(Widget):
 
     self._load_images()
 
-    # internal state
-    self._scroll_offset = 0       # in pixels
-    self._needs_scroll = measure_text_cached(self._label_font, text, self._get_label_font_size()).x + 25 > self._rect.width
-    self._scroll_timer = 0
-    self._scroll_state = ScrollState.PRE_SCROLL
-
   def set_icon(self, icon: Union[str, rl.Texture]):
     self._txt_icon = gui_app.texture(icon, *self._icon_size) if isinstance(icon, str) and len(icon) else icon
 
@@ -178,38 +171,6 @@ class BigButton(Widget):
   def get_text(self):
     return self.text
 
-  def _update_state(self):
-    # hold on text for a bit, scroll, hold again, reset
-    if self._needs_scroll:
-      """`dt` should be seconds since last frame (rl.get_frame_time())."""
-      # TODO: this comment is generated by GPT, prob wrong and misused
-      dt = rl.get_frame_time()
-
-      self._scroll_timer += dt
-      if self._scroll_state == ScrollState.PRE_SCROLL:
-        if self._scroll_timer < 0.5:
-          return
-        self._scroll_state = ScrollState.SCROLLING
-        self._scroll_timer = 0
-
-      elif self._scroll_state == ScrollState.SCROLLING:
-        self._scroll_offset -= SCROLLING_SPEED_PX_S * dt
-        # reset when text has completely left the button + 50 px gap
-        # TODO: use global constant for 30+30 px gap
-        # TODO: add std Widget padding option integrated into the self._rect
-        full_len = measure_text_cached(self._label_font, self.text, self._get_label_font_size()).x + 30 + 30
-        if self._scroll_offset < (self._rect.width - full_len):
-          self._scroll_state = ScrollState.POST_SCROLL
-          self._scroll_timer = 0
-
-      elif self._scroll_state == ScrollState.POST_SCROLL:
-        # wait for a bit before starting to scroll again
-        if self._scroll_timer < 0.75:
-          return
-        self._scroll_state = ScrollState.PRE_SCROLL
-        self._scroll_timer = 0
-        self._scroll_offset = 0
-
   def _render(self, _):
     # draw _txt_default_bg
     txt_bg = self._txt_default_bg