diff --git a/src/MainWindow.h b/src/MainWindow.h
--- a/src/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/MainWindow.h
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@
     void removeMenuAccelerators();
     void restoreMenuAccelerators();
     void setupActions();
-    void setupMainWidget();
     QString activeSessionDir() const;
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@
     connect(_viewManager, &Konsole::ViewManager::viewDetached, this,
             &Konsole::MainWindow::viewDetached);
 
-    // create the main widget
-    setupMainWidget();
+    setCentralWidget(_viewManager->widget());
 
     // disable automatically generated accelerators in top-level
     // menu items - to avoid conflicting with Alt+[Letter] shortcuts
@@ -789,20 +788,6 @@
     menuBar()->setActiveAction(menuAction);
 }
 
-void MainWindow::setupMainWidget()
-{
-    auto mainWindowWidget = new QWidget(this);
-    auto mainWindowLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
-
-    mainWindowLayout->addWidget(_viewManager->widget());
-    mainWindowLayout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
-    mainWindowLayout->setSpacing(0);
-
-    mainWindowWidget->setLayout(mainWindowLayout);
-
-    setCentralWidget(mainWindowWidget);
-}
-
 void MainWindow::configureNotifications()
 {
     KNotifyConfigWidget::configure(this);