diff --git a/engine/flutter/third_party/txt/src/minikin/Layout.cpp b/engine/flutter/third_party/txt/src/minikin/Layout.cpp
index d6d67f5a1923016ddf16f4cd30f05ff8480970d9..ee98e3cd2e63a1c9ffb5ac86f91769ca10a1c348 100644
--- a/engine/flutter/third_party/txt/src/minikin/Layout.cpp
+++ b/engine/flutter/third_party/txt/src/minikin/Layout.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class LayoutCache : private android::OnEntryRemoved<LayoutCacheKey, Layout*> {
 
   // TODO: eviction based on memory footprint; for now, we just use a constant
   // number of strings
-  static const size_t kMaxEntries = 5000;
+  static const size_t kMaxEntries = 50;
 };
 
 class LayoutEngine {