diff --git a/src/plugins/gui/design.ml b/src/plugins/gui/design.ml
index 580fec0c99b6c4fde91c0ad69b574983b9ceb720..296902e97b7d60169a9a58973570dee19266c508 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gui/design.ml
+++ b/src/plugins/gui/design.ml
@@ -865,12 +865,7 @@ class main_window () : main_window_extension_points =
   in
   (* status bar (at bottom) *)
   (* toplevel_vbox->bottom_hbox-> *statusbar *)
-  let statusbar =
-    GMisc.statusbar
-      (* GTK3: using this argument leads to a crash. *)
-      (*~has_resize_grip:false *)
-      ~packing:bottom_hbox#add ()
-  in
+  let statusbar = GMisc.statusbar ~packing:bottom_hbox#add () in
   let status_context = statusbar#new_context "messages" in
 
   (* progress bar (at bottom) *)