diff --git a/frontend/src/admin/AdminDialogs.vue b/frontend/src/admin/AdminDialogs.vue
index 4babce8..bcce288 100644
--- a/frontend/src/admin/AdminDialogs.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/admin/AdminDialogs.vue
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ function copyText(value, label) {
             <input ref="displayNameInput" v-model="dialog.data.display_name" required />
           </label>
           <label>Permission Scope
-            <input v-model="dialog.data.scope" :placeholder="dialog.type === 'perm-create' ? 'yourapp:permission' : dialog.data.permission.scope" required :pattern="PERMISSION_ID_PATTERN" title="Allowed: A-Za-z0-9:._~-" data-form-type="other" />
+            <input v-model="dialog.data.scope" required :pattern="PERMISSION_ID_PATTERN" title="Allowed: A-Za-z0-9:._~-" data-form-type="other" />
           </label>
           <p class="small muted">E.g. yourapp:reports. Changing the scope name may break deployed applications.</p>
           <label>Domain Scope
-            <input v-model="dialog.data.domain" placeholder="e.g. app.example.com or OIDC client UUID" data-form-type="other" />
+            <input v-model="dialog.data.domain" data-form-type="other" />
           </label>
           <p class="small muted">A domain ({{ rpId }} or subdomain) restricts this permission to that host. An OIDC client UUID sends it as a <em>groups</em> claim to that client.</p>
         </template>
diff --git a/frontend/src/admin/AdminOidcDetail.vue b/frontend/src/admin/AdminOidcDetail.vue
index 1dc6f40..a25a84e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/admin/AdminOidcDetail.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/admin/AdminOidcDetail.vue
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ defineExpose({ focusFirstElement })
         </div>
         <div class="section-body">
         <label>Client Name
-          <input v-model="name" placeholder="My Application" required />
+          <input v-model="name" required />
         </label>
 
         <label>Redirect URIs
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ProfileView.vue b/frontend/src/components/ProfileView.vue
index 08321ee..745b0bc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ProfileView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ProfileView.vue
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@
             <input id="edit-display-name" type="text" v-model="editName" :disabled="saving" required />
           </label>
           <label for="edit-email">Email
-            <input id="edit-email" type="email" v-model="editEmail" :disabled="saving" placeholder="user@example.com" />
+            <input id="edit-email" type="email" v-model="editEmail" :disabled="saving" />
           </label>
           <label for="edit-username">Preferred Username
             <input id="edit-username" type="text" v-model="editUsername" :disabled="saving" placeholder="username" />
           </label>
           <label for="edit-telephone">Telephone
-            <input id="edit-telephone" type="tel" v-model="editTelephone" :disabled="saving" placeholder="+1-555-123-4567" />
+            <input id="edit-telephone" type="tel" v-model="editTelephone" :disabled="saving" />
           </label>
           <div v-if="editError" class="error small">{{ editError }}</div>
           <div class="modal-actions">