diff --git a/gramps/gui/views/pageview.py b/gramps/gui/views/pageview.py
index 598518f45..d5700a301 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/views/pageview.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/views/pageview.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class PageView(DbGUIElement, metaclass=ABCMeta):
         self.widget.show_all()
         self.widget.set_name('view')
         self.vpane.pack1(self.widget, resize=True, shrink=False)
-        self.vpane.pack2(self.bottombar, resize=False, shrink=True)
+        self.vpane.pack2(self.bottombar, resize=False, shrink=False)
         self.vpane.show()
         self._config.register('vpane.slider-position', -1)
         self.vpane.set_position(self._config.get('vpane.slider-position'))
diff --git a/gramps/gui/widgets/grampletbar.py b/gramps/gui/widgets/grampletbar.py
index 5b3431802..c0d0904d9 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/widgets/grampletbar.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/widgets/grampletbar.py
@@ -371,10 +371,6 @@ class GrampletBar(Gtk.Notebook):
         """
         Add a tab to the notebook for the given gramplet.
         """
-        width = -1  # Allow tab width to adjust (smaller) to sidebar
-        height = min(int(self.uistate.screen_height() * 0.20), 400)
-        gramplet.set_size_request(width, height)
-
         label = self.__create_tab_label(gramplet)
         page_num = self.append_page(gramplet, label)
         return page_num