diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
index 23e31b4fc0..b19382a607 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
@@ -6,15 +6,9 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>288</width>
-    <height>395</height>
+    <height>366</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
-  <property name="sizePolicy">
-   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Ignored">
-    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-   </sizepolicy>
-  </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Find LyX Text</string>
   </property>
@@ -71,12 +65,6 @@
        </item>
        <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
         <widget class="lyx::frontend::EmbeddedWorkArea" name="find_work_area_">
-         <property name="sizePolicy">
-          <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
-           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-          </sizepolicy>
-         </property>
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>Enter the text to search for in this full-featured LyX editing area</string>
          </property>
@@ -143,12 +131,6 @@
        </item>
        <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
         <widget class="lyx::frontend::EmbeddedWorkArea" name="replace_work_area_">
-         <property name="sizePolicy">
-          <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
-           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-          </sizepolicy>
-         </property>
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>Enter the text to replace in this full-featured LyX editing area</string>
          </property>