diff --git a/common/settings/app_settings.cpp b/common/settings/app_settings.cpp
index 2d8028d777..e2713d8698 100644
--- a/common/settings/app_settings.cpp
+++ b/common/settings/app_settings.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ APP_SETTINGS_BASE::APP_SETTINGS_BASE( const std::string& aFilename, int aSchemaV
         m_appSettingsSchemaVersion( aSchemaVersion )
 {
     // Make Coverity happy:
-    m_LibTree.column_width = 360;
+    m_LibTree.column_width = 300;
     m_Graphics.canvas_type = EDA_DRAW_PANEL_GAL::GAL_FALLBACK;
 
     // Build parameters list:
@@ -73,13 +73,7 @@ APP_SETTINGS_BASE::APP_SETTINGS_BASE( const std::string& aFilename, int aSchemaV
             &m_ColorPicker.default_tab, 0 ) );
 
     m_params.emplace_back( new PARAM<int>( "lib_tree.column_width",
-            &m_LibTree.column_width, 360 ) );
-
-    // Now that we allow hiding/showing of the tree control, it's never terribly useful to
-    // decrease the width to nothing, and wxWidgets appears to have some bugs where it sets it
-    // way too narrow.
-    if( m_LibTree.column_width < 360 )
-        m_LibTree.column_width = 360;
+            &m_LibTree.column_width, 300 ) );
 
     m_params.emplace_back( new PARAM<bool>( "printing.background",
             &m_Printing.background, false ) );
diff --git a/eeschema/eeschema_settings.cpp b/eeschema/eeschema_settings.cpp
index 77ea5d5e2e..a32819b93c 100644
--- a/eeschema/eeschema_settings.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/eeschema_settings.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 using namespace T_BOMCFG_T;     // for the BOM_CFG_PARSER parser and its keywords
 
 ///! Update the schema version whenever a migration is required
-const int eeschemaSchemaVersion = 1;
+const int eeschemaSchemaVersion = 2;
 
 /// Default value for bom.plugins
 const nlohmann::json defaultBomPlugins =
@@ -446,6 +446,21 @@ EESCHEMA_SETTINGS::EESCHEMA_SETTINGS() :
                 // Version 0 to 1: BOM plugin settings moved from sexpr to JSON
                 return migrateBomSettings();
             } );
+
+
+    registerMigration( 1, 2,
+            [&]() -> bool
+            {
+                // We used to have a bug on GTK which would set the lib tree column width way
+                // too narrow.
+                if( OPT<int> optval = Get<int>( "lib_tree.column_width" ) )
+                {
+                    if( optval < 150 )
+                        Set( "lib_tree.column_width",  300 );
+                }
+
+                return true;
+            } );
 }
 
 
diff --git a/pcbnew/pcbnew_settings.cpp b/pcbnew/pcbnew_settings.cpp
index 5abc0e44aa..8a741d3c4f 100644
--- a/pcbnew/pcbnew_settings.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/pcbnew_settings.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 
 ///! Update the schema version whenever a migration is required
-const int pcbnewSchemaVersion = 2;
+const int pcbnewSchemaVersion = 3;
 
 
 PCBNEW_SETTINGS::PCBNEW_SETTINGS()
@@ -578,6 +578,20 @@ PCBNEW_SETTINGS::PCBNEW_SETTINGS()
                 return true;
             } );
 
+
+    registerMigration( 2, 3,
+            [&]() -> bool
+            {
+                // We used to have a bug on GTK which would set the lib tree column width way
+                // too narrow.
+                if( OPT<int> optval = Get<int>( "lib_tree.column_width" ) )
+                {
+                    if( optval < 150 )
+                        Set( "lib_tree.column_width",  300 );
+                }
+
+                return true;
+            } );
 }