Changes to default apps promo per ui leads:

chrome/browser/resources/new_new_tab.js

 // Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // To avoid creating tons of unnecessary nodes. We assume we cannot fit more
 // than this many items in the miniview.
 var MAX_MINIVIEW_ITEMS = 15;
 
 // Extra spacing at the top of the layout.
 var LAYOUT_SPACING_TOP = 25;
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   if (mostVisited.data && apps.loaded)
     document.body.classList.remove('loading');
 }
 
 function isDoneLoading() {
   return !document.body.classList.contains('loading');
 }
 
 // Initialize the apps promo.
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
-  var promoText1 = $('apps-promo-text1');
-  promoText1.innerHTML = promoText1.textContent;
-
-  var promoLink = promoText1.querySelector('a');
+  var promoLink = document.querySelector('#apps-promo-text1 a');
   promoLink.id = 'apps-promo-link';
   promoLink.href = localStrings.getString('web_store_url');
 
   $('apps-promo-hide').addEventListener('click', function() {
     chrome.send('hideAppsPromo', []);
     document.documentElement.classList.remove('apps-promo-visible');
     layoutSections();
   });
 });