diff --git a/src/settings/appearancesettingspage.ui b/src/settings/appearancesettingspage.ui
index 4a8a3cc8..7670e07d 100644
--- a/src/settings/appearancesettingspage.ui
+++ b/src/settings/appearancesettingspage.ui
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item>
-         <widget class="QComboBox" name="combobox_style">
-          <property name="placeholderText">
-           <string notr="true"/>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
+         <widget class="QComboBox" name="combobox_style"/>
         </item>
         <item>
          <spacer name="spacer_style">
diff --git a/src/settings/contextsettingspage.ui b/src/settings/contextsettingspage.ui
index 2bb404a2..7577f73e 100644
--- a/src/settings/contextsettingspage.ui
+++ b/src/settings/contextsettingspage.ui
@@ -242,11 +242,7 @@
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="0" column="1">
-       <widget class="QFontComboBox" name="font_headline">
-        <property name="placeholderText">
-         <string notr="true"/>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
+       <widget class="QFontComboBox" name="font_headline"/>
       </item>
       <item row="2" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_1_preview">
@@ -260,9 +256,6 @@
         <property name="textInteractionFlags">
          <set>Qt::TextInteractionFlag::TextSelectableByKeyboard|Qt::TextInteractionFlag::TextSelectableByMouse</set>
         </property>
-        <property name="placeholderText">
-         <string notr="true"/>
-        </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
      </layout>
@@ -282,11 +275,7 @@
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="0" column="1">
-       <widget class="QFontComboBox" name="font_normal">
-        <property name="placeholderText">
-         <string notr="true"/>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
+       <widget class="QFontComboBox" name="font_normal"/>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2_font_size">
@@ -326,9 +315,6 @@
         <property name="textInteractionFlags">
          <set>Qt::TextInteractionFlag::TextSelectableByKeyboard|Qt::TextInteractionFlag::TextSelectableByMouse</set>
         </property>
-        <property name="placeholderText">
-         <string notr="true"/>
-        </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
      </layout>