diff --git a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
index e9796ffa00c3..46c57b3fd64b 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
@@ -1827,8 +1827,6 @@ void QgisApp::createStatusBar()
   // so we need to set font for it separately
   mScaleEdit->lineEdit()->setFont( myFont );
   mScaleEdit->setMinimumWidth( 10 );
-  mScaleEdit->setMaximumWidth( 100 );
-  //mScaleEdit->setMaximumHeight( 20 );
   mScaleEdit->setContentsMargins( 0, 0, 0, 0 );
   mScaleEdit->setWhatsThis( tr( "Displays the current map scale" ) );
   mScaleEdit->setToolTip( tr( "Current map scale (formatted as x:y)" ) );