diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgPreferences.ui b/src/Gui/DlgPreferences.ui
index acf9bd085..aa54ee4c1 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgPreferences.ui
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgPreferences.ui
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@
        <property name="frameShadow">
         <enum>QFrame::Sunken</enum>
        </property>
-       <property name="verticalScrollBarPolicy">
-        <enum>Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff</enum>
-       </property>
        <property name="horizontalScrollBarPolicy">
         <enum>Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff</enum>
        </property>
diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgPreferencesImp.cpp b/src/Gui/DlgPreferencesImp.cpp
index 2b5d14ec1..798cefa00 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgPreferencesImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgPreferencesImp.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ DlgPreferencesImp::DlgPreferencesImp(QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags fl)
       invalidParameter(false), canEmbedScrollArea(true)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
+    ui->listBox->setFixedWidth(130);
+    ui->listBox->setGridSize(QSize(108, 120));
 
     connect(ui->buttonBox,  SIGNAL (helpRequested()),
             getMainWindow(), SLOT (whatsThis()));