diff --git a/terminal/terminal-screen.c b/terminal/terminal-screen.c
index a5312eb..b1f26a3 100644
--- a/terminal/terminal-screen.c
+++ b/terminal/terminal-screen.c
@@ -1979,7 +1979,6 @@ terminal_screen_get_tab_label (TerminalScreen *screen)
 
   /* create the box */
   hbox = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, 0);
-  gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (hbox), 3);
   gtk_widget_show (hbox);
 
   screen->tab_label = gtk_label_new (NULL);
diff --git a/terminal/terminal-window.c b/terminal/terminal-window.c
index 0d461a4..abc8728 100644
--- a/terminal/terminal-window.c
+++ b/terminal/terminal-window.c
@@ -376,12 +376,6 @@ terminal_window_init (TerminalWindow *window)
   exo_binding_new (G_OBJECT (window->preferences), "misc-tab-position",
                    G_OBJECT (window->notebook), "tab-pos");
 
-  /* hide the ugly terminal border when tabs are shown */
-  style = gtk_rc_style_new ();
-  style->xthickness = style->ythickness = 0;
-  gtk_widget_modify_style (window->notebook, style);
-  g_object_unref (G_OBJECT (style));
-
   /* set the notebook group id */
   gtk_notebook_set_group (GTK_NOTEBOOK (window->notebook),
                           (gpointer) window_notebook_group);