Cannot Remove Battery Percentage

Hello everyone!
I have been searching about this matter for a few days now but can't seem to find a solution for it.

I am running a Samsung Galaxy S5 (SCL23)
I have a modified stock version of Android Lollipop Touchwiz 5.0.
I have already Deodexed the whole ROM.
I have successfully decompiled the whole SystemUi.apk and recompiled it without any errors.
I can change the color of the battery percentage text in the colors.xml (<color name="battery_text_color">#ffff0000</color>)
It works flawless!

But what i cannot seem to do is to remove the battery percentage completely.
I have tried adding: android:visibility="gone"
In the files: msim_system_icons.xml & system_icons.xml

Code:

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<TextView android:textSize="@dimen/battery_text_size" android:textColor="@color/battery_text_color" android:layout_gravity="center" android:id="@id/battery_text" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:alpha="0.74" android:importantForAccessibility="no" android:fontFamily="sans-serif" android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/battery_text_marginStart" android:visibility="gone" />

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But without any effect at all...
It just boots normally.

I have tried removing the "<TextView />" line completely.
But that just results in a SystemUI has stopped working on boot.

Is there anything i'm missing here?
Appreciating any kind of help! :)

Here is a full copy of msim_system_icons.xml & system_icons.xml
msim_system_icons.xml

Code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout android:gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/system_icons" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <com.android.keyguard.AlphaOptimizedLinearLayout android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/statusIcons" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
    <LinearLayout android:gravity="center" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/signal_battery_cluster" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:paddingStart="2.0dip">
        <include android:id="@id/msim_signal_cluster" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginStart="2.0dip" android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/rssi_battery_gap" layout="@layout/msim_signal_cluster_view" />
        <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/battery_text_size" android:textColor="@color/battery_text_color" android:layout_gravity="center" android:id="@id/battery_text" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:importantForAccessibility="no" android:fontFamily="sans-serif" android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/battery_text_marginStart" android:visibility="gone" />
        <com.android.systemui.BatteryMeterView android:id="@id/battery" android:layout_width="@dimen/battery_icon_width" android:layout_height="@dimen/battery_icon_height" android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/battery_icon_bottom_margin" android:layout_marginStart="3.0dip" />
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

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system_icons.xml

Code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout android:gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/system_icons" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <com.android.keyguard.AlphaOptimizedLinearLayout android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/statusIcons" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:alpha="0.74" />
    <LinearLayout android:gravity="center" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/signal_battery_cluster" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:paddingStart="2.0dip">
        <include android:id="@id/signal_cluster" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginStart="2.0dip" android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/rssi_battery_gap" layout="@layout/signal_cluster_view" />
        <TextView android:textSize="@dimen/battery_text_size" android:textColor="@color/battery_text_color" android:layout_gravity="center" android:id="@id/battery_text" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:alpha="0.74" android:importantForAccessibility="no" android:fontFamily="sans-serif" android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/battery_text_marginStart" android:visibility="gone" />
        <com.android.systemui.BatteryMeterView android:id="@id/battery" android:layout_width="@dimen/battery_icon_width" android:layout_height="@dimen/battery_icon_height" android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/battery_icon_bottom_margin" android:alpha="0.74" android:layout_marginStart="3.0dip" />
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

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