diff --git a/development/Win32/packaging/AltInstaller/ConfigLyX.nsh b/development/Win32/packaging/AltInstaller/ConfigLyX.nsh
index ce0fe1cc12..75a6a69a47 100644
--- a/development/Win32/packaging/AltInstaller/ConfigLyX.nsh
+++ b/development/Win32/packaging/AltInstaller/ConfigLyX.nsh
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ Function ConfigureLyX
   Delete "$INSTDIR\Resources\lyxrc.dist"
   FileOpen $R1 "$INSTDIR\Resources\lyxrc.dist" w
   # set some general things
-  FileWrite $R1 '\preview_scale_factor "1.0"$\r$\n\
-  		 \screen_zoom "120"$\r$\n'
+  FileWrite $R1 '\screen_zoom "120"$\r$\n'
   ${if} "$PathPrefix" != ""
    FileWrite $R1 '\path_prefix "$PathPrefix"$\r$\n'
   ${endif}