diff --git a/src/js/main.js b/src/js/main.js
index e7ff35305..8a665c494 100644
--- a/src/js/main.js
+++ b/src/js/main.js
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('MainController', ['$scope', '$route',
     }
 
     // update state of acknowledged notification
-    $scope.notificationAcknowledged = function (ack) {
-        $scope.notificationCount += (ack ? -1 : +1);
+    $scope.notificationAcknowledged = function () {
+        if ($scope.notificationCount === 0) return; // already down to 0
+        $scope.notificationCount--;
     };
 
     function init() {
diff --git a/src/views/notifications.html b/src/views/notifications.html
index b7089e46f..b039f504d 100644
--- a/src/views/notifications.html
+++ b/src/views/notifications.html
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@
     <div class="row">
       <div class="col-xs-12" ng-click="notification.isCollapsed = !notification.isCollapsed" ng-class="{ 'notification-details': notification.detailsShown }">
         <span ng-class="{'text-bold': !notification.acknowledged }">{{ notification.title }}</span> <small class="text-muted" uib-tooltip="{{ notification.creationTime | prettyLongDate }}">{{ notification.creationTime | prettyDate }}</small>
-        <!-- hidden for now since it seems overkill to have "unread" -->
-        <!-- <button class="btn btn-xs btn-default pull-right" ng-show="notification.acknowledged" ng-click="ack(notification, false, $event)" uib-tooltip="{{ 'notifications.dismissTooltip' | tr }}"><i class="fa fa-asterisk"></i></button> -->
-
-        <div uib-collapse="notification.isCollapsed" expanding="ack(notification, true)">
+        <div uib-collapse="notification.isCollapsed" expanding="ack(notification)">
           <br/>
           <p ng-hide="notification.messageJson" ng-click="$event.stopPropagation();" style="cursor: auto; overflow: auto;" ng-bind-html="notification.message | markdown2html"></p>
           <pre ng-show="notification.messageJson" ng-click="$event.stopPropagation();" style="cursor: auto">{{ notification.messageJson | json }}</pre>
diff --git a/src/views/notifications.js b/src/views/notifications.js
index c3d85ea09..7349fde38 100644
--- a/src/views/notifications.js
+++ b/src/views/notifications.js
@@ -46,16 +46,14 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('NotificationsController', ['$scope', '
         $scope.refresh();
     };
 
-    $scope.ack = function (notification, acked, event) {
-        if (event) event.stopPropagation();
+    $scope.ack = function (notification) {
+        if (notification.acknowledged) return;
 
-        if (notification.acknowledged === acked) return;
-
-        Client.ackNotification(notification.id, acked, function (error) {
+        Client.ackNotification(notification.id, true, function (error) {
             if (error) console.error(error);
 
-            notification.acknowledged = acked;
-            $scope.$parent.notificationAcknowledged(acked);
+            notification.acknowledged = true;
+            $scope.$parent.notificationAcknowledged();
         });
     };
 
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('NotificationsController', ['$scope', '
                     console.error(error);
                 } else {
                     notification.acknowledged = true;
-                    $scope.$parent.notificationAcknowledged(true);
+                    $scope.$parent.notificationAcknowledged();
                 }
 
                 callback();