issues with page exclude

Hey guys, I’m having an issue with the pages set up as menu, since I’m using an exclude,

<?php wp_list_pages(‘exclude=7,8’ ); ?>

I get the “pages word in black” show up along with the links to the pages, I just want the links

unfortunately I cant target it the way i normally do, with a

li.pagenav h2{display:none;} since the h2 ain’t there anymore,

i’m sure there’s a way around this, but i’ve tried a bunch and i can’t get it to work. I’ve tried combining them and so on