diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp
index 62eecd23318..9ced553afba 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp
@@ -52,17 +52,10 @@ using namespace Internal;
 FancyToolButton::FancyToolButton(QWidget *parent)
     : QToolButton(parent), m_fader(0)
 {
-    m_hasForceVisible = false;
     setAttribute(Qt::WA_Hover, true);
     setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Preferred);
 }
 
-void FancyToolButton::forceVisible(bool visible)
-{
-    m_hasForceVisible = true;
-    setVisible(visible);
-}
-
 bool FancyToolButton::event(QEvent *e)
 {
     switch (e->type()) {
@@ -302,10 +295,8 @@ void FancyToolButton::actionChanged()
 {
     // the default action changed in some way, e.g. it might got hidden
     // since we inherit a tool button we won't get invisible, so do this here
-    if (!m_hasForceVisible) {
-        if (QAction* action = defaultAction())
-            setVisible(action->isVisible());
-    }
+    if (QAction* action = defaultAction())
+        setVisible(action->isVisible());
 }
 
 FancyActionBar::FancyActionBar(QWidget *parent)
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.h
index dd4722d4edc..a545d4b42b9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.h
@@ -57,13 +57,8 @@ public:
     float fader() { return m_fader; }
     void setFader(float value) { m_fader = value; update(); }
 
-    void forceVisible(bool visible);
-
 private slots:
     void actionChanged();
-
-private:
-    bool m_hasForceVisible;
 };
 
 class FancyActionBar : public QWidget