diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py b/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py
index 9290503c9d..a323a5dbfe 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/inputtypes.py
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ def filesubmission(element, value, status, render_template, msg=''):
     if status == 'incomplete': # Flag indicating that the problem has been queued, 'msg' is length of queue
         status = 'queued'
         queue_len = msg
-        msg = 'Submitted to grader. (Queue length: %s)' % queue_len
+        msg = 'Submitted to grader.'
 
     context = { 'id': eid, 'state': status, 'msg': msg, 'value': value,
             'queue_len': queue_len, 'allowed_files': allowed_files,
diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/filesubmission.html b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/filesubmission.html
index a859dc8458..e9fd7c5674 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/filesubmission.html
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/filesubmission.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <span class="processing" id="status_${id}"></span>
     <span style="display:none;" class="xqueue" id="${id}" >${queue_len}</span>
     % endif
-    <span class="debug">(${state})</span>
+    <span style="display:none;" class="debug">(${state})</span>
     <br/>
     <span class="message">${msg|n}</span>
     <br/>