diff --git a/common/core/web/keyboard-processor/src/text/keyboardProcessor.ts b/common/core/web/keyboard-processor/src/text/keyboardProcessor.ts
index cfbc3da8b8..e42020747b 100644
--- a/common/core/web/keyboard-processor/src/text/keyboardProcessor.ts
+++ b/common/core/web/keyboard-processor/src/text/keyboardProcessor.ts
@@ -190,10 +190,14 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
     }
 
     setSyntheticEventDefaults(Lkc: text.KeyEvent) {
-      // Set the flags for the state keys.
-      Lkc.Lstates |= this.stateKeys['K_CAPS']    ? Codes.modifierCodes['CAPS'] : Codes.modifierCodes['NO_CAPS'];
-      Lkc.Lstates |= this.stateKeys['K_NUMLOCK'] ? Codes.modifierCodes['NUM_LOCK'] : Codes.modifierCodes['NO_NUM_LOCK'];
-      Lkc.Lstates |= this.stateKeys['K_SCROLL']  ? Codes.modifierCodes['SCROLL_LOCK'] : Codes.modifierCodes['NO_SCROLL_LOCK'];
+      // Set the flags for the state keys - for desktop devices. For touch
+      // devices, the only state key in use currently is Caps Lock, which is set
+      // when the 'caps' layer is active in ActiveKey::constructBaseKeyEvent.
+      if(!Lkc.device.touchable) {
+        Lkc.Lstates |= this.stateKeys['K_CAPS']    ? Codes.modifierCodes['CAPS'] : Codes.modifierCodes['NO_CAPS'];
+        Lkc.Lstates |= this.stateKeys['K_NUMLOCK'] ? Codes.modifierCodes['NUM_LOCK'] : Codes.modifierCodes['NO_NUM_LOCK'];
+        Lkc.Lstates |= this.stateKeys['K_SCROLL']  ? Codes.modifierCodes['SCROLL_LOCK'] : Codes.modifierCodes['NO_SCROLL_LOCK'];
+      }
 
       // Set LisVirtualKey to false to ensure that nomatch rule does fire for U_xxxx keys
       if(Lkc.kName && Lkc.kName.substr(0,2) == 'U_') {
@@ -272,7 +276,7 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
             matchBehavior.mergeInDefaults(defaultBehavior);
           }
           matchBehavior.triggerKeyDefault = false; // We've triggered it successfully.
-        } // If null, we must rely on something else (like the browser, in DOM-aware code) to fulfill the default. 
+        } // If null, we must rely on something else (like the browser, in DOM-aware code) to fulfill the default.
 
         this.keyboardInterface.activeTargetOutput = null;
       }
@@ -688,21 +692,10 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
         this.layerId = 'default';
       }
 
-      this.updateStateKeysFromLayer();
-
       let baseModifierState = text.KeyboardProcessor.getModifierState(this.layerId);
       this.modStateFlags = baseModifierState | keyEvent.Lstates;
     }
 
-    public updateStateKeysFromLayer() {
-      if(this.device.formFactor != utils.FormFactor.Desktop) {
-        // The caps layer works slightly differently on touch than on desktop.
-        // It's a single layer with no ability to mix with other modifiers
-        // We need to make sure that the state is kept in sync with the layer.
-        this.stateKeys['K_CAPS'] = this.layerId == 'caps';
-      }
-    }
-
     static isModifier(Levent: KeyEvent): boolean {
       switch(Levent.Lcode) {
         case 16: //"K_SHIFT":16,"K_CONTROL":17,"K_ALT":18
@@ -748,7 +741,6 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
 
     resetContext() {
       this.layerId = 'default';
-      this.updateStateKeysFromLayer();
       this.keyboardInterface.resetContextCache();
       this._UpdateVKShift(null);
     };
@@ -758,7 +750,6 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
         let layout = this.activeKeyboard.layout(device.formFactor);
         if(layout.getLayer('numeric')) {
           this.layerId = 'numeric';
-          this.updateStateKeysFromLayer();
         }
       }
     };