diff --git a/gajim/data/gui/chat_control.ui b/gajim/data/gui/chat_control.ui
index f47c1419027d016cf993d7adf507c57f0b8654fc..9932a71ae8c2e796738e8003e8aa80c54e755009 100644
--- a/gajim/data/gui/chat_control.ui
+++ b/gajim/data/gui/chat_control.ui
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@
                   <object class="GtkScrolledWindow" id="conversation_scrolledwindow">
                     <property name="height_request">60</property>
                     <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                    <property name="hscrollbar_policy">never</property>
                     <property name="shadow_type">in</property>
                     <property name="overlay_scrolling">False</property>
                     <signal name="edge-reached" handler="_on_edge_reached" swapped="no"/>
diff --git a/gajim/data/gui/groupchat_control.ui b/gajim/data/gui/groupchat_control.ui
index f42f8d2f7d371e5e61bd3b05db761d85f6b82dc0..f222953dd74b47ed90d616be92a42d26997b6f48 100644
--- a/gajim/data/gui/groupchat_control.ui
+++ b/gajim/data/gui/groupchat_control.ui
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@
                         <property name="height_request">60</property>
                         <property name="visible">True</property>
                         <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                        <property name="hscrollbar_policy">never</property>
                         <property name="shadow_type">in</property>
                         <property name="overlay_scrolling">False</property>
                         <signal name="edge-reached" handler="_on_edge_reached" swapped="no"/>