diff --git a/src/Mod/Measure/Gui/TaskMeasure.cpp b/src/Mod/Measure/Gui/TaskMeasure.cpp
index 798ef80b3e..9e17c89733 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Measure/Gui/TaskMeasure.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Measure/Gui/TaskMeasure.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ QString extractUnitFromResultString(const QString& resultString)
 
 TaskMeasure::TaskMeasure()
 {
-    this->setButtonPosition(TaskMeasure::South);
     auto taskbox = new Gui::TaskView::TaskBox(
         Gui::BitmapFactory().pixmap("umf-measurement"),
         tr("Measurement"),