diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
index e61b9cd389a4fe0a86ad581f6ccc4768a6b60e5c..85db4f271d58828e358774b445bd72b9cad33417 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1161,7 +1161,6 @@ void MainWindow::writeSettings()
     m_settings->endGroup();
 
     m_fileManager->saveRecentFiles();
-    m_viewManager->saveSettings(m_settings);
     m_actionManager->saveSettings(m_settings);
     m_editorManager->saveSettings();
     m_navigationWidget->saveSettings(m_settings);
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/statusbarwidget.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/statusbarwidget.h
index dea5c09a0b69b86bdc009232139d7af50e1a65ea..fc6ea33df23fdc0d6c7852cb45a10c5331ccb097 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/statusbarwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/statusbarwidget.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT StatusBarWidget : public IContext
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    enum StatusBarPosition { First=0, Second=1, Third=2 };
+    enum StatusBarPosition { First=0, Second=1, Third=2, Last=Third };
 
     StatusBarWidget(QObject *parent = 0);
     ~StatusBarWidget();
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/viewmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/viewmanager.cpp
index 0b3eea0fb6cfe87cbe002d0a348c3b960b928a5c..bf253e440548f34c4e2680fa02a9d75c28e78daf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/viewmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/viewmanager.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ViewManager::ViewManager(MainWindow *mainWnd)
   : QObject(mainWnd),
     m_mainWnd(mainWnd)
 {
-    for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
+    for (int i = 0; i <= StatusBarWidget::Last; ++i) {
         QWidget *w = new QWidget();
         m_mainWnd->statusBar()->insertPermanentWidget(i, w);
         w->setLayout(new QHBoxLayout);
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ ViewManager::ViewManager(MainWindow *mainWnd)
         w->layout()->setMargin(0);
         m_statusBarWidgets.append(w);
     }
-    QLabel *l = new QLabel();
-    m_mainWnd->statusBar()->insertPermanentWidget(3, l, 1);
+    m_mainWnd->statusBar()->insertPermanentWidget(StatusBarWidget::Last+1,
+                                                  new QLabel(), 1);
 }
 
 ViewManager::~ViewManager()
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ void ViewManager::objectAdded(QObject *obj)
     viewWidget = view->widget();
     m_statusBarWidgets.at(view->position())->layout()->addWidget(viewWidget);
 
-    m_viewMap.insert(view, viewWidget);
     m_mainWnd->addContextObject(view);
 }
 
@@ -99,11 +98,4 @@ void ViewManager::aboutToRemoveObject(QObject *obj)
 
 void ViewManager::extensionsInitalized()
 {
-    QSettings *settings = m_mainWnd->settings();
-    m_mainWnd->restoreState(settings->value(QLatin1String("ViewGroup_Default"), QByteArray()).toByteArray());
-}
-
-void ViewManager::saveSettings(QSettings *settings)
-{
-    settings->setValue(QLatin1String("ViewGroup_Default"), m_mainWnd->saveState());
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/viewmanager.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/viewmanager.h
index 26bf701e4a75f23fbaf602326de71d8677e74aef..f78f9ecfeb87ad12590ccc917c6268e0f1a6ba0a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/viewmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/viewmanager.h
@@ -60,15 +60,12 @@ public:
 
     void init();
     void extensionsInitalized();
-    void saveSettings(QSettings *settings);
 
 private slots:
     void objectAdded(QObject *obj);
     void aboutToRemoveObject(QObject *obj);
 
 private:
-    QMap<Core::StatusBarWidget *, QWidget *> m_viewMap;
-
     MainWindow *m_mainWnd;
     QList<QWidget *> m_statusBarWidgets;
 };