diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/components/controller_widget.cpp b/modules/gui/qt4/components/controller_widget.cpp
index 095d87524cbf0a04b1df6fe2581de0c93d7f2e11..cb77d316c012557fa8137dc971a9aa2ef779f64a 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/components/controller_widget.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/components/controller_widget.cpp
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ SoundWidget::SoundWidget( QWidget *_parent, intf_thread_t * _p_intf,
         volumeSlider->setMaximum( var_InheritBool( p_intf, "qt-volume-complete" )
                                   ? 400 : 200 );
     }
-    if( volumeSlider->orientation() ==  Qt::Horizontal )
-    {
-        volumeSlider->setMaximumSize( QSize( 200, 40 ) );
-        volumeSlider->setMinimumSize( QSize( 85, 30 ) );
-    }
 
     volumeSlider->setFocusPolicy( Qt::NoFocus );
     if( b_special )
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/util/input_slider.cpp b/modules/gui/qt4/util/input_slider.cpp
index 9d57d3e5b6d45363f1c5ca4518a940faef4406a4..19f6ad7e7ee36212a7d5447f72e1dd28ba0016af 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/util/input_slider.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/util/input_slider.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ SoundSlider::SoundSlider( QWidget *_parent, int _i_step, bool b_hard,
     const QPixmap temp( ":/toolbar/volslide-inside" );
     const QBitmap mask( temp.createHeuristicMask() );
 
-    setMinimumSize( pixOutside.size() );
+    setFixedSize( pixOutside.size() );
 
     pixGradient = QPixmap( mask.size() );
     pixGradient2 = QPixmap( mask.size() );