diff --git a/bndtools.core/src/bndtools/editor/BndSourceEffectivePage.java b/bndtools.core/src/bndtools/editor/BndSourceEffectivePage.java
index b4e6e41eaf..1a2cd17746 100644
--- a/bndtools.core/src/bndtools/editor/BndSourceEffectivePage.java
+++ b/bndtools.core/src/bndtools/editor/BndSourceEffectivePage.java
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@
 import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
 import org.eclipse.swt.custom.StackLayout;
 import org.eclipse.swt.custom.StyledText;
-import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point;
-import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;
 import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
-import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IActionBars;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPartSite;
@@ -69,31 +66,10 @@ protected void createFormContent(IManagedForm managedForm) {
 		header.setLayout(GridLayoutFactory.createFrom(new GridLayout(1, true))
 			.margins(0, 0)
 			.create());
-
-		Composite findParent = toolkit.createComposite(header, SWT.BORDER);
-		findParent.setLayout(GridLayoutFactory.createFrom(new GridLayout(6, false))
-			.margins(5, 5)
-			.create());
-		findParent.setLayoutData(new GridData(SWT.FILL, SWT.FILL, true, false));
-		findParent.setBackgroundMode(SWT.INHERIT_FORCE);
-
-
 		toolkit.setBorderStyle(SWT.NULL);
 
-
-		Label highlightStatus = toolkit.createLabel(findParent, "");
-		highlightStatus.setLayoutData(new GridData(SWT.FILL, SWT.FILL, false, true));
-
 		Composite body = form.getBody();
-		StackLayout stackLayout = new StackLayout() {
-			@Override
-			protected Point computeSize(Composite composite, int wHint, int hHint, boolean flushCache) {
-				Point size = super.computeSize(composite, wHint, hHint, flushCache);
-				// hack to make sure styledText never grows outside of body
-				size.y = SWT.DEFAULT;
-				return size;
-			}
-		};
+		StackLayout stackLayout = new StackLayout();
 		stackLayout.marginHeight = stackLayout.marginWidth = 5;
 		body.setLayout(stackLayout);