diff --git a/CHANGELOG.develop b/CHANGELOG.develop
index 4af2290c2..86fe45646 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.develop
+++ b/CHANGELOG.develop
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ Other:
     Siegel and Eivind Fonn)
   - Set =case-fold-search= to =nil= in =compilation-finish-function= (thanks to
     Wieland Hoffmann)
-  - Hide multiple cursor text when there's only one cursor (thanks to duianto)
+  - Hide =evil-mc= single cursor mode-line lighter "emc" (thanks to duianto)
   - Rewrite function =spacemacs/sudo-edit=. Old version worked only for method
     =ssh= and did not work at all if user was not specified (e.g.
     /ssh:hostname:/path). Since the symbol '@' was required in a filename.
diff --git a/layers/+misc/multiple-cursors/packages.el b/layers/+misc/multiple-cursors/packages.el
index c1cc3af9b..de6a267aa 100644
--- a/layers/+misc/multiple-cursors/packages.el
+++ b/layers/+misc/multiple-cursors/packages.el
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   (use-package evil-mc
     :config
     (progn
-      (setq evil-mc-one-cursor-show-mode-line-text nil)
+      (setq-default evil-mc-one-cursor-show-mode-line-text nil)
       (when (or (spacemacs/system-is-mac) (spacemacs/system-is-mswindows))
         (setq evil-mc-enable-bar-cursor nil))