how to remove Close Window text in modal title bar

Is this a bug that modal adds this ugly hyperlinked text under the close icon: http://screencast.com/t/nUAcOMnPv

anyone know how to easily remove this. i tried this:

  $settings = array(
    'CToolsModal' => array(
      'closeText' => t('TEST'),
    ),
  );
  drupal_add_js($settings, 'setting');

but it only adds my TEST text to the Close Window text.