diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp
index 9d69516c36b..f88c79af5f4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp
@@ -1440,5 +1440,6 @@ AndroidManifestTextEditorWidget::AndroidManifestTextEditorWidget(AndroidManifest
     setTextDocument(TextEditor::TextDocumentPtr(new AndroidManifestDocument(parent)));
     textDocument()->setMimeType(QLatin1String(Constants::ANDROID_MANIFEST_MIME_TYPE));
     setupGenericHighlighter();
+    setMarksVisible(false);
 }