diff --git a/rtgui/thumbbrowserbase.cc b/rtgui/thumbbrowserbase.cc
index 583c42968..829aec9f7 100644
--- a/rtgui/thumbbrowserbase.cc
+++ b/rtgui/thumbbrowserbase.cc
@@ -519,9 +519,6 @@ void ThumbBrowserBase::configScrollBars ()
         } else {
             vscroll.show();
         }
-    } else { // hide scrollbars when a filter is applied which returns no files
-        hscroll.hide();
-        vscroll.hide();
     }
 }