diff --git a/src/gui/optionsdialog.ui b/src/gui/optionsdialog.ui
index e50fca18a..4ac59453c 100644
--- a/src/gui/optionsdialog.ui
+++ b/src/gui/optionsdialog.ui
@@ -302,9 +302,6 @@
                  <property name="text">
                   <string extracomment="Progress bar color is based on text color.">Make progress bars follow text colors</string>
                  </property>
-                 <property name="checked">
-                  <bool>true</bool>
-                 </property>
                 </widget>
                </item>
                <item>