diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
@@ -1346,8 +1346,8 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    placesDock = new QDockWidget(i18nc("@title:window", "Places"), q);
-    placesDock->setFeatures(QDockWidget::DockWidgetClosable);
+    placesDock = new QDockWidget(q);
+    placesDock->setFeatures(QDockWidget::NoDockWidgetFeatures);
 
     placesView = new KFilePlacesView(placesDock);
     placesView->setModel(model);