diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/home/topiclist/TopicSummaryViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/home/topiclist/TopicSummaryViewModel.kt
index 36807c9d4cf..269e75c5b16 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/home/topiclist/TopicSummaryViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/home/topiclist/TopicSummaryViewModel.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.oppia.android.app.home.topiclist
 
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import org.oppia.android.R
+import android.util.Log
 import org.oppia.android.app.home.HomeItemViewModel
 import org.oppia.android.app.model.EphemeralTopicSummary
 import org.oppia.android.app.translation.AppLanguageResourceHandler
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ import java.util.Objects
 /** The view model corresponding to individual topic summaries in the topic summary RecyclerView. */
 class TopicSummaryViewModel(
   private val activity: AppCompatActivity,
-  ephemeralTopicSummary: EphemeralTopicSummary,
+  private val ephemeralTopicSummary: EphemeralTopicSummary,
   val entityType: String,
   private val topicSummaryClickListener: TopicSummaryClickListener,
   private val position: Int,
@@ -41,72 +42,12 @@ class TopicSummaryViewModel(
     topicSummaryClickListener.onTopicSummaryClicked(topicSummary)
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Determines the start margin for an individual TopicSummary relative to the grid columns laid out on the
-   * HomeActivity. GridLayout columns are evenly spread out across the entire activity screen but the
-   * Topic Summaries are positioned towards the center, so start margins are calculated to stagger inside each
-   * fixed column but centered on the activity's layout, as shown below.
-   *
-   *  |        _____|      _____   |   _____      |_____        |
-   *  |       |     |     |     |  |  |     |     |     |       |
-   *  |       |     |     |     |  |  |     |     |     |       |
-   *  |       |_____|     |_____|  |  |_____|     |_____|       |
-   *  |             |              |              |             |
-   *  |        _____       _____       _____       _____        |
-   *  |       |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |
-   *  |       |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |
-   *  |       |_____|     |_____|     |_____|     |_____|       |
-   *  |                                                         |
-   */
   fun computeStartMargin(): Int {
-    return when (spanCount) {
-      2 -> when (position % spanCount) {
-        0 -> outerMargin
-        else -> innerMargin
-      }
-      3 -> when (position % spanCount) {
-        0 -> outerMargin
-        1 -> innerMargin
-        2 -> 0
-        else -> 0
-      }
-      4 -> when (position % spanCount) {
-        0 -> outerMargin
-        1 -> innerMargin
-        2 -> innerMargin / 2
-        3 -> 0
-        else -> 0
-      }
-      else -> 0
-    }
+    return outerMargin
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Determines the end margin for an individual TopicSummary relative to the grid columns laid out on the
-   * HomeActivity. The end margins are calculated to stagger inside each fixed column but centered on the
-   * activity's layout (see [computeStartMargin]).
-   */
   fun computeEndMargin(): Int {
-    return when (spanCount) {
-      2 -> when (position % spanCount) {
-        0 -> innerMargin
-        else -> outerMargin
-      }
-      3 -> when (position % spanCount) {
-        0 -> 0
-        1 -> innerMargin
-        2 -> outerMargin
-        else -> 0
-      }
-      4 -> when (position % spanCount) {
-        0 -> 0
-        1 -> innerMargin / 2
-        2 -> innerMargin
-        3 -> outerMargin
-        else -> 0
-      }
-      else -> 0
-    }
+    return innerMargin
   }
 
   fun computeLessonCountText(): String {