Though fragile, you can avoid the use of a wrapper Layout by setting a negative padding on the drawable:
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:drawableLeft="@drawable/icon"
android:drawablePadding="-20sp"
android:text="blah blah blah" />
You’ll have to adjust the padding to the width of the drawable, but you’re left with just a single TextView instead of an extra LinearLayout or etc.