diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/CitationUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/CitationUi.ui
index 3d7b2cd927..fa1d98ad2c 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/CitationUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/CitationUi.ui
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@
   <layout class="QGridLayout" >
    <item row="0" column="0" >
     <layout class="QGridLayout" >
-     <property name="horizontalSpacing" >
-      <number>6</number>
-     </property>
-     <property name="verticalSpacing" >
-      <number>6</number>
-     </property>
      <item row="4" column="1" >
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="upPB" >
        <property name="sizePolicy" >
@@ -288,12 +282,6 @@
       <bool>true</bool>
      </property>
      <layout class="QGridLayout" >
-      <property name="horizontalSpacing" >
-       <number>6</number>
-      </property>
-      <property name="verticalSpacing" >
-       <number>6</number>
-      </property>
       <item row="0" column="1" colspan="2" >
        <widget class="QComboBox" name="citationStyleCO" >
         <property name="sizePolicy" >