diff --git a/gnome-panel/panel-toplevel.c b/gnome-panel/panel-toplevel.c
index 6aa4f27..5ae7dc2 100644
--- a/gnome-panel/panel-toplevel.c
+++ b/gnome-panel/panel-toplevel.c
@@ -4575,6 +4575,8 @@ panel_toplevel_init (PanelToplevel *toplevel)
 	
 	toplevel_list = g_slist_prepend (toplevel_list, toplevel);
 
+	gtk_window_set_has_resize_grip (GTK_WINDOW (toplevel), FALSE);
+
 	/* Prevent the window from being deleted via Alt+F4 by accident.  This
 	 * happens with "alternative" window managers such as Sawfish or XFWM4.
 	 */
