diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/externaltoolconfig.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/externaltoolconfig.cpp
index d7bfdeb12aa..c8ad5102f79 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/externaltoolconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/externaltoolconfig.cpp
@@ -609,6 +609,6 @@ void ExternalToolConfig::addCategory()
 
 void ExternalToolConfig::updateEffectiveArguments()
 {
-    ui->effectiveArguments->setText(Utils::QtcProcess::expandMacros(ui->arguments->text(),
+    ui->arguments->setToolTip(Utils::QtcProcess::expandMacros(ui->arguments->text(),
             Core::VariableManager::instance()->macroExpander()));
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/externaltoolconfig.ui b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/externaltoolconfig.ui
index 7511fa91467..fa952c92bc5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/externaltoolconfig.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/externaltoolconfig.ui
@@ -131,37 +131,20 @@
        <widget class="QLineEdit" name="arguments"/>
       </item>
       <item row="3" column="0">
-       <widget class="QLabel" name="effectiveArgumentsLabel">
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>Effective arguments:</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="3" column="1">
-       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="effectiveArguments">
-        <property name="enabled">
-         <bool>true</bool>
-        </property>
-        <property name="readOnly">
-         <bool>true</bool>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="4" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="workingDirectoryLabel">
         <property name="text">
          <string>Working directory:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="4" column="1">
+      <item row="3" column="1">
        <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="workingDirectory">
         <property name="expectedKind">
          <enum>Utils::PathChooser::Directory</enum>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="5" column="0">
+      <item row="4" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="outputLabel">
         <property name="toolTip">
          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;
@@ -174,7 +157,7 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="5" column="1">
+      <item row="4" column="1">
        <widget class="QComboBox" name="outputBehavior">
         <item>
          <property name="text">
@@ -193,7 +176,7 @@
         </item>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="6" column="0">
+      <item row="5" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="errorOutputLabel">
         <property name="toolTip">
          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;body&gt;
@@ -208,7 +191,7 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="6" column="1">
+      <item row="5" column="1">
        <widget class="QComboBox" name="errorOutputBehavior">
         <item>
          <property name="text">
@@ -227,7 +210,7 @@
         </item>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="7" column="1">
+      <item row="6" column="1">
        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="modifiesDocumentCheckbox">
         <property name="toolTip">
          <string>If the tool modifies the current document, set this flag to ensure that the document is saved before running the tool and is reloaded after the tool finished.</string>
@@ -237,7 +220,7 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="8" column="0">
+      <item row="7" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="inputLabel">
         <property name="toolTip">
          <string>Text to pass to the executable via standard input. Leave empty if the executable should not receive any input.</string>
@@ -247,7 +230,7 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="8" column="1">
+      <item row="7" column="1">
        <widget class="QPlainTextEdit" name="inputText">
         <property name="lineWrapMode">
          <enum>QPlainTextEdit::NoWrap</enum>