diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mimetypesettings.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mimetypesettings.cpp
index 0275e998163..a7058ab79dc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mimetypesettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mimetypesettings.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ void MimeTypeSettingsPrivate::configureTable(QTableView *tableView)
     tableView->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectRows);
     tableView->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);
     tableView->verticalHeader()->setVisible(false);
-    tableView->verticalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(20);
     tableView->horizontalHeader()->setResizeMode(QHeaderView::Stretch);
     tableView->horizontalHeader()->setResizeMode(0, QHeaderView::Interactive);
     tableView->horizontalHeader()->resizeSection(
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/remotedialog.cpp b/src/plugins/git/remotedialog.cpp
index 155a646f322..c22a1762200 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/remotedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/remotedialog.cpp
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ RemoteDialog::RemoteDialog(QWidget *parent) :
     m_ui->remoteView->setModel(m_remoteModel);
     m_ui->remoteView->horizontalHeader()->setStretchLastSection(true);
     m_ui->remoteView->horizontalHeader()->setResizeMode(0, QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
-    QFontMetrics fm(font());
-    m_ui->remoteView->verticalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(qMax(static_cast<int>(fm.height() * 1.2), fm.height() + 4));
 
     connect(m_ui->addButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(addRemote()));
     connect(m_ui->fetchButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(fetchFromRemote()));
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/environmentwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/environmentwidget.cpp
index 014b6deb783..add6666f29a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/environmentwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/environmentwidget.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ EnvironmentWidget::EnvironmentWidget(QWidget *parent, QWidget *additionalDetails
     d->m_environmentView->horizontalHeader()->setHighlightSections(false);
     new Utils::HeaderViewStretcher(d->m_environmentView->horizontalHeader(), 1);
     d->m_environmentView->verticalHeader()->hide();
-    QFontMetrics fm(font());
-    d->m_environmentView->verticalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(qMax(static_cast<int>(fm.height() * 1.2), fm.height() + 4));
     d->m_environmentView->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);
     horizontalLayout->addWidget(d->m_environmentView);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/snippets/snippetssettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/snippets/snippetssettingspage.cpp
index d0b92d95814..5aeb842c8f6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/snippets/snippetssettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/snippets/snippetssettingspage.cpp
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ void SnippetsSettingsPagePrivate::configureUi(QWidget *w)
     m_ui.snippetsTable->horizontalHeader()->setStretchLastSection(true);
     m_ui.snippetsTable->horizontalHeader()->setHighlightSections(false);
     m_ui.snippetsTable->verticalHeader()->setVisible(false);
-    m_ui.snippetsTable->verticalHeader()->setDefaultSectionSize(20);
     m_ui.snippetsTable->setModel(m_model);
 
     m_ui.revertButton->setEnabled(false);