diff --git a/nw/gui/build.py b/nw/gui/build.py
index 754553d8..37880cca 100644
--- a/nw/gui/build.py
+++ b/nw/gui/build.py
@@ -1124,17 +1124,6 @@ class GuiBuildNovelDocView(QTextBrowser):
         else:
             self.setTabStopWidth(self.mainConf.getTabWidth())
 
-        # Scroll bars
-        if self.mainConf.hideVScroll:
-            self.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
-        else:
-            self.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarAsNeeded)
-
-        if self.mainConf.hideHScroll:
-            self.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
-        else:
-            self.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarAsNeeded)
-
         docPalette = self.palette()
         docPalette.setColor(QPalette.Base, QColor(255, 255, 255))
         docPalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(0, 0, 0))
diff --git a/nw/gui/doceditor.py b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
index d65c89df..99e86764 100644
--- a/nw/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
         if self.mainConf.scrollPastEnd:
             docFrame = self.qDocument.rootFrame().frameFormat()
-            docFrame.setBottomMargin(wH - uM - lM - 4*tB - self.theTheme.fontPixelSize)
+            docFrame.setBottomMargin(wH - uM - lM - 5*self.theTheme.fontPixelSize)
             self.qDocument.rootFrame().setFrameFormat(docFrame)
 
         return