diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/resources/stylesheet.css b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/resources/stylesheet.css
index 1e84adc0727..c8a4b256a47 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/resources/stylesheet.css
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/resources/stylesheet.css
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ QTabBar::tab {
     margin-bottom: 0px;
     margin-left: 0px;
     margin-right: 0px;
-    padding-right: 12px;
-    padding-left: 12px;
     font: bold;
 	font-size: 11px;
     background-color: qlineargradient(x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1,