diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefCompletionUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefCompletionUi.ui
index e0bb2f0a37..010b308b34 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefCompletionUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefCompletionUi.ui
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
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+       <width>0</width>
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diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefDisplayUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefDisplayUi.ui
index b430fe290d..f787731055 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefDisplayUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefDisplayUi.ui
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
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diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefInputUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefInputUi.ui
index 989458f94e..588de7d5d7 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefInputUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefInputUi.ui
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
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diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefSpellcheckerUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefSpellcheckerUi.ui
index e689e8e5f4..8fbaa564b2 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefSpellcheckerUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrefSpellcheckerUi.ui
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
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