diff --git a/app/views/todos/_successor.html.erb b/app/views/todos/_successor.html.erb
index 9570d0b3..c379682f 100644
--- a/app/views/todos/_successor.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/todos/_successor.html.erb
@@ -8,12 +8,9 @@ parameters += "&_tag_name=#{@tag_name}" if @source_view == 'tag'
 %>
 <div id="<%= dom_id(successor, 'successor') %>" class="item-container">
   <div id="<%= dom_id(successor, 'successor_line') %>">
-    <div class="description<%= staleness_class( successor ) %>" style="margin-left: 10px">
-      <%= link_to(image_tag( 'blank.png', :width=>'16', :height=>'16', :border=>'0', :class => 'delete_item' ), "#", 
-          { :class => 'remove_successor', :title => 'Remove successor', :style => "background: transparent;"}) %>
+    <div class="description<%= staleness_class( successor ) %>" style="margin-left: 20px">
       <span class="todo.descr"><%= h sanitize(successor.description) %></span>
-      <% #= successors_span %>
-      <%= render(:partial => "todos/toggle_successors", :locals => { :item => successor }) unless successor.pending_successors.empty? %>
+      <%= render(:partial => "todos/toggle_successors", :locals => { :item => successor, :suppress_button => true }) unless successor.pending_successors.empty? %>
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/app/views/todos/_toggle_successors.html.erb b/app/views/todos/_toggle_successors.html.erb
index 34a73c15..a0a8883f 100644
--- a/app/views/todos/_toggle_successors.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/todos/_toggle_successors.html.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-<%= link_to(image_tag( 'blank.png', :width=>'16', :height=>'16', :border=>'0' ), "#", {:class => 'show_successors', :title => 'Show successors'}) %>
+<%
+suppress_button ||= false
+%>
+<%= link_to(image_tag( 'blank.png', :width=>'16', :height=>'16', :border=>'0' ), "#", {:class => 'show_successors', :title => 'Show successors'}) unless suppress_button %>
 
-<div class="todo_successors" id="<%= dom_id(item, 'successors') %>" style="display:none">
+<div class="todo_successors" id="<%= dom_id(item, 'successors') %>" style=<%= suppress_button ? "display:display" : "display:none" %> >
   <%= render :partial => "todos/successor",
              :collection => item.pending_successors,
-             :locals => { :parent_container_type => parent_container_type, 
+             :locals => { :todo => item,
+                          :parent_container_type => parent_container_type, 
                           :suppress_dependencies => true }
   %>
 </div>
+