diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidget.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidget.kt
index 3a913abd9..bf97e03b8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidget.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidget.kt
@@ -136,13 +136,10 @@ class TasksWidget : AppWidgetProvider() {
             hPad = hPad,
             onClick = getNewTaskIntent(context, filter, id),
         )
-        addView(
-            R.id.title_container,
-            RemoteViews(context.packageName, widgetPreferences.headerLayout)
-        )
+
         setViewPadding(
             R.id.widget_title,
-            if (widgetPreferences.showMenu) 0 else hPad, 0, 0, 0
+            if (widgetPreferences.showMenu) 0 else hPad, vPad, 0, vPad
         )
         setTextColor(R.id.widget_title, color.colorOnPrimary)
         setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.widget_title, getOpenListIntent(context, filter, id))
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/WidgetPreferences.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/WidgetPreferences.kt
index e290a68a1..7e3aab5c1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/WidgetPreferences.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/WidgetPreferences.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class WidgetPreferences(
         val color: Int,
         val headerOpacity: Int,
         val headerSpacing: Int,
-        val headerLayout: Int,
     )
 
     data class WidgetRowSettings(
@@ -58,11 +57,6 @@ class WidgetPreferences(
         color = color,
         headerOpacity = getAlphaValue(R.string.p_widget_header_opacity),
         headerSpacing = getSpacing(R.string.p_widget_header_spacing),
-        headerLayout = when (getIntegerFromString(R.string.p_widget_header_spacing)) {
-            1 -> R.layout.widget_title_compact
-            2 -> R.layout.widget_title_none
-            else -> R.layout.widget_title_default
-        },
     )
 
     fun getWidgetListSettings() = WidgetRowSettings(
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/scrollable_widget.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/scrollable_widget.xml
index 86c9d722e..9f54a5f07 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/scrollable_widget.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/scrollable_widget.xml
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@
       android:contentDescription="@string/widget_settings"
       tools:padding="@dimen/widget_padding"/>
 
-    <FrameLayout
-      android:id="@+id/title_container"
-      android:layout_width="match_parent"
-      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-      android:layout_toEndOf="@id/widget_change_list"
-      android:layout_toStartOf="@id/widget_reconfigure" />
+    <TextView
+        android:id="@+id/widget_title"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        style="@style/WidgetTitle"
+        android:layout_toEndOf="@id/widget_change_list"
+        android:layout_toStartOf="@id/widget_reconfigure"
+        android:maxLines="1"
+        tools:text="@string/BFE_Active"
+        tools:textColor="@android:color/black" />
 
   </RelativeLayout>
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_title_compact.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_title_compact.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 154aa1c9c..000000000
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_title_compact.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-  xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-  android:id="@+id/widget_title"
-  android:layout_height="@dimen/widget_height_compact"
-  style="@style/WidgetTitle"
-  tools:text="@string/BFE_Active"
-  tools:textColor="@android:color/black" />
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_title_default.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_title_default.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a79914ef..000000000
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_title_default.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-  xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-  android:id="@+id/widget_title"
-  android:layout_height="@dimen/widget_height_default"
-  style="@style/WidgetTitle"
-  tools:text="@string/BFE_Active"
-  tools:textColor="@android:color/black" />
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_title_none.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_title_none.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3406cd863..000000000
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/widget_title_none.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-  xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-  android:id="@+id/widget_title"
-  android:layout_height="@dimen/widget_height_none"
-  style="@style/WidgetTitle"
-  tools:text="@string/BFE_Active"
-  tools:textColor="@android:color/black" />
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