diff --git a/scribus/ui/prefs_documentsectionsbase.ui b/scribus/ui/prefs_documentsectionsbase.ui
index 5423c7812a7bb0f98045e277a98ad7a1a70621c4..c49e0df0fa3c7e81c55371599027974bae833711 100644
--- a/scribus/ui/prefs_documentsectionsbase.ui
+++ b/scribus/ui/prefs_documentsectionsbase.ui
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
- <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
    <class>ScTableWidget</class>
