diff --git a/src/preferences/filetypes/ApplicationTypeWindow.cpp b/src/preferences/filetypes/ApplicationTypeWindow.cpp
index 03770aec3e..31cc3998cb 100644
--- a/src/preferences/filetypes/ApplicationTypeWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/filetypes/ApplicationTypeWindow.cpp
@@ -471,11 +471,6 @@ ApplicationTypeWindow::ApplicationTypeWindow(const BMessage& settings, const BEn
 	scrollView = new BScrollView("desc scrollview", fLongDescriptionView,
 		B_FRAME_EVENTS | B_WILL_DRAW, false, true);
 
-	// TODO: remove workaround (bug #5678)
-	BSize minScrollSize = scrollView->ScrollBar(B_VERTICAL)->MinSize();
-	minScrollSize.width += fLongDescriptionView->MinSize().width;
-	scrollView->SetExplicitMinSize(minScrollSize);
-
 	// Manually set a minimum size for the version text controls
 	// TODO: the same does not work when applied to the layout items
 	float width = be_plain_font->StringWidth("99") + 16;