diff --git a/kicker/applets/systemtray/systemtrayapplet.cpp b/kicker/applets/systemtray/systemtrayapplet.cpp
index 59e212611..97b71d1b2 100644
--- a/kicker/applets/systemtray/systemtrayapplet.cpp
+++ b/kicker/applets/systemtray/systemtrayapplet.cpp
@@ -558,9 +558,9 @@ void SystemTrayApplet::embedWindow( WId w, bool kde_tray )
         delete emb;
         return;
     }
-    
+
     connect(emb, TQT_SIGNAL(embeddedWindowDestroyed()), TQT_SLOT(updateTrayWindows()));
-    emb->getIconSize(m_iconSize);
+    emb->setFixedSize(m_iconSize, m_iconSize);
 
     if (shouldHide(w))
     {
@@ -1153,22 +1153,6 @@ TrayEmbed::~TrayEmbed()
     //
 }
 
-void TrayEmbed::getIconSize(int defaultIconSize)
-{
-    TQSize minSize = minimumSizeHint();
-    
-    int width = minSize.width();
-    int height = minSize.height();
-    
-    if (width < 1 || width > defaultIconSize)
-        width = defaultIconSize;
-    if (height < 1 || height > defaultIconSize)
-        height = defaultIconSize;
-    
-    setFixedSize(width, height);
-    setBackground();
-}
-
 void TrayEmbed::setBackground()
 {
     const TQPixmap *pbg = parentWidget()->backgroundPixmap();
diff --git a/kicker/applets/systemtray/systemtrayapplet.h b/kicker/applets/systemtray/systemtrayapplet.h
index 250480b65..e311a1bdd 100644
--- a/kicker/applets/systemtray/systemtrayapplet.h
+++ b/kicker/applets/systemtray/systemtrayapplet.h
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ public:
     ~TrayEmbed();
     bool kdeTray() const { return kde_tray; }
     void setBackground();
-    void getIconSize(int defaultIconSize);
 private:
     bool kde_tray;
     TQWidget *m_scaledWidget;