diff --git a/app/src/organisms/ChooseProtocolSlideout/index.tsx b/app/src/organisms/ChooseProtocolSlideout/index.tsx
index fd9085e07cb..d743ef17468 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/ChooseProtocolSlideout/index.tsx
+++ b/app/src/organisms/ChooseProtocolSlideout/index.tsx
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ export function ChooseProtocolSlideoutComponent(
               setRunTimeParametersOverrides(clone)
             }}
             title={runtimeParam.displayName}
-            caption={runtimeParam.description}
             width="100%"
             dropdownType="neutral"
           />
@@ -253,7 +252,6 @@ export function ChooseProtocolSlideoutComponent(
             key={runtimeParam.variableName}
             type="number"
             units={runtimeParam.suffix}
-            placeholder={value.toString()}
             value={value}
             title={runtimeParam.displayName}
             tooltipText={runtimeParam.description}
@@ -313,14 +311,14 @@ export function ChooseProtocolSlideoutComponent(
                 }}
                 height="0.813rem"
                 label={
-                  runtimeParam.value
+                  Boolean(runtimeParam.value)
                     ? t('protocol_details:on')
                     : t('protocol_details:off')
                 }
                 paddingTop={SPACING.spacing2} // manual alignment of SVG with value label
               />
               <StyledText as="p">
-                {runtimeParam.value
+                {Boolean(runtimeParam.value)
                   ? t('protocol_details:on')
                   : t('protocol_details:off')}
               </StyledText>
diff --git a/app/src/organisms/ChooseRobotSlideout/__tests__/ChooseRobotSlideout.test.tsx b/app/src/organisms/ChooseRobotSlideout/__tests__/ChooseRobotSlideout.test.tsx
index 18bdf233f75..6c97f4e62c3 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/ChooseRobotSlideout/__tests__/ChooseRobotSlideout.test.tsx
+++ b/app/src/organisms/ChooseRobotSlideout/__tests__/ChooseRobotSlideout.test.tsx
@@ -226,14 +226,14 @@ describe('ChooseRobotSlideout', () => {
       })
 
       screen.getByText(param.displayName)
-      if (param.type === 'bool' || 'choices' in param) {
+      if (param.type === 'bool') {
         screen.getByText(param.description)
-      } else {
-        if (param.type === 'int') {
-          screen.getByText(`${param.min}-${param.max}`)
-        } else {
-          screen.getByText(`${param.min.toFixed(1)}-${param.max.toFixed(1)}`)
-        }
+      }
+      if (param.type === 'int') {
+        screen.getByText(`${param.min}-${param.max}`)
+      }
+      if (param.type === 'float') {
+        screen.getByText(`${param.min.toFixed(1)}-${param.max.toFixed(1)}`)
       }
     })
   })
diff --git a/app/src/organisms/ChooseRobotSlideout/index.tsx b/app/src/organisms/ChooseRobotSlideout/index.tsx
index d19a62a514d..82a7a795363 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/ChooseRobotSlideout/index.tsx
+++ b/app/src/organisms/ChooseRobotSlideout/index.tsx
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ export function ChooseRobotSlideout(
               }
             }}
             title={runtimeParam.displayName}
-            caption={runtimeParam.description}
             width="100%"
             dropdownType="neutral"
           />
@@ -394,7 +393,6 @@ export function ChooseRobotSlideout(
             key={runtimeParam.variableName}
             type="number"
             units={runtimeParam.suffix}
-            placeholder={value.toString()}
             value={value}
             title={runtimeParam.displayName}
             tooltipText={runtimeParam.description}