diff --git a/clients/keramik/config/keramikconfig.ui b/clients/keramik/config/keramikconfig.ui
index 51640eb1c7..d2509e5126 100644
--- a/clients/keramik/config/keramikconfig.ui
+++ b/clients/keramik/config/keramikconfig.ui
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 <ui version="4.0" stdsetdef="1" >
-  <author></author>
-  <comment></comment>
-  <exportmacro></exportmacro>
   <class>KeramikConfigUI</class>
   <widget class="QWidget" name="KeramikConfigUI" >
     <property name="geometry" >
@@ -61,5 +58,4 @@
       </item>
     </layout>
   </widget>
-  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11" />
   </ui>
diff --git a/clients/oxygen/config/oxygenconfig.ui b/clients/oxygen/config/oxygenconfig.ui
index 22c8c87508..7aa7b8cb7e 100644
--- a/clients/oxygen/config/oxygenconfig.ui
+++ b/clients/oxygen/config/oxygenconfig.ui
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
- <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
   <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/clients/ozone/config/oxygenconfig.ui b/clients/ozone/config/oxygenconfig.ui
index f41eefd806..a8cb9043a5 100644
--- a/clients/ozone/config/oxygenconfig.ui
+++ b/clients/ozone/config/oxygenconfig.ui
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
- <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11" />
   <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/clients/plastik/config/configdialog.ui b/clients/plastik/config/configdialog.ui
index ddf7e0956b..4be4c9895a 100644
--- a/clients/plastik/config/configdialog.ui
+++ b/clients/plastik/config/configdialog.ui
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
- <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11" />
   <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
    <class>KButtonGroup</class>
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwinrules/detectwidget.ui b/kcmkwin/kwinrules/detectwidget.ui
index 4cab45b13c..827ddcd928 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwinrules/detectwidget.ui
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwinrules/detectwidget.ui
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
- <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11" />
- <layoutfunction spacing="KDialog::spacingHint" margin="KDialog::marginHint" />
   <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwinrules/editshortcut.ui b/kcmkwin/kwinrules/editshortcut.ui
index 49a886fc48..198644e376 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwinrules/editshortcut.ui
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwinrules/editshortcut.ui
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ For example "&lt;b>Shift+Alt+(123) Shift+Ctrl+(ABC)&lt;/b>" will first try &lt;b
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
- <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11" />
- <layoutfunction spacing="KDialog::spacingHint" margin="KDialog::marginHint" />
   <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
    <class>KLineEdit</class>
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwinrules/ruleslist.ui b/kcmkwin/kwinrules/ruleslist.ui
index 494fd45dc8..c1fc88d379 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwinrules/ruleslist.ui
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwinrules/ruleslist.ui
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 <ui version="4.0" stdsetdef="1" >
-  <author></author>
-  <comment></comment>
-  <exportmacro></exportmacro>
   <class>KWin::KCMRulesList</class>
   <widget class="QWidget" name="KWin::KCMRulesList" >
     <property name="geometry" >
@@ -75,8 +72,6 @@
       </item>
     </layout>
   </widget>
-  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11" />
-  <layoutfunction spacing="KDialog::spacingHint" margin="KDialog::marginHint" />
     <customwidgets>
     <customwidget>
       <class>KListWidget</class>
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwinrules/ruleswidgetbase.ui b/kcmkwin/kwinrules/ruleswidgetbase.ui
index ef9a61256e..675d4ad4c2 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwinrules/ruleswidgetbase.ui
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwinrules/ruleswidgetbase.ui
@@ -2034,8 +2034,6 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
- <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11" />
- <layoutfunction spacing="KDialog::spacingHint" margin="KDialog::marginHint" />
   <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
    <class>KComboBox</class>