diff --git a/kio/kfile/kfilewidget.cpp b/kio/kfile/kfilewidget.cpp
index 85f1456a..16550648 100644
--- a/kio/kfile/kfilewidget.cpp
+++ b/kio/kfile/kfilewidget.cpp
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ KFileWidget::KFileWidget( const KUrl& _startDir, QWidget *parent )
     // the Automatically Select Extension checkbox
     // (the text, visibility etc. is set in updateAutoSelectExtension(), which is called by readConfig())
     d->autoSelectExtCheckBox = new QCheckBox (this);
-    d->autoSelectExtCheckBox->setStyleSheet(QString("QCheckBox { padding-top: %1px; }").arg(KDialog::spacingHint()));
     connect(d->autoSelectExtCheckBox, SIGNAL(clicked()), SLOT(_k_slotAutoSelectExtClicked()));
 
     d->initGUI(); // activate GM