diff --git a/core/prelude-ui.el b/core/prelude-ui.el
index c91728d..9acb9f6 100644
--- a/core/prelude-ui.el
+++ b/core/prelude-ui.el
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@
 (column-number-mode t)
 (size-indication-mode t)
 
-;; make the fringe (gutter) smaller
-;; the argument is a width in pixels (the default is 8)
-(if (fboundp 'fringe-mode)
-    (fringe-mode 4))
-
 ;; enable y/n answers
 (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)