diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.cpp
index 6e1217d4a7..7a6566202f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ GuiSymbols::GuiSymbols(GuiView & lv)
 	setFocusProxy(symbolsLW);
 
 	symbolsLW->setViewMode(QListView::IconMode);
-	symbolsLW->setUniformItemSizes(true);
 	// increase the display size of the symbols a bit
 	QFont font= symbolsLW->font();
 	int size = font.pointSize() + 3;