diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerextension/connectioneditor/connectioneditor.qrc b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerextension/connectioneditor/connectioneditor.qrc
index 6931456b085..93364958354 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerextension/connectioneditor/connectioneditor.qrc
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerextension/connectioneditor/connectioneditor.qrc
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/connectionview">
         <file>stylesheet.css</file>
-        <file>panel.png</file>
         <file>panelselected.png</file>
         <file>plus.png</file>
         <file>minus.png</file>
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerextension/connectioneditor/panel.png b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerextension/connectioneditor/panel.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 9aa0de642a6..00000000000
Binary files a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerextension/connectioneditor/panel.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerextension/connectioneditor/stylesheet.css b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerextension/connectioneditor/stylesheet.css
index 841e97562d4..3936340cf29 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerextension/connectioneditor/stylesheet.css
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerextension/connectioneditor/stylesheet.css
@@ -138,11 +138,9 @@ QTabBar::tab:selected {
     color: #3c3c3c;
 }
 
+
 QTabBar::tab {
-image: url(:/connectionview/panel.png);
-
-    width: 130px;
-
+    width: 80px;
     height: 22px;
     margin-top: 0x;
     margin-bottom: 0px;
@@ -150,6 +148,7 @@ image: url(:/connectionview/panel.png);
     margin-right: 0px;
     font: bold;
     font-size: 11px;
+    background-color: #444444;
     color: #EEEEEE;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
index d6c0ddb9035..f3853bd3f2a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ Project {
                 "connectioneditor/dynamicpropertiesmodel.cpp",
                 "connectioneditor/dynamicpropertiesmodel.h",
                 "connectioneditor/minus.png",
-                "connectioneditor/panel.png",
                 "connectioneditor/panelselected.png",
                 "connectioneditor/plus.png",
                 "connectioneditor/stylesheet.css",