diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
index d42bfcc9adc843353abb31a485db8cf55f711241..0636532ddd46c4a6935261ddd6b0815e0038704d 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
@@ -186,15 +186,8 @@ void MainWindow::init()
 
     // Setup user interface
     ui.setupUi(this);
-    hide();
     menuActionHelper->setMenu(ui.menuTools);
 
-    // Qt 4 on Ubuntu does place the native menubar correctly so on Linux we revert back to in-window menu bar.
-    // TODO: Check that this is still necessary on Qt5 on Ubuntu
-#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
-    menuBar()->setNativeMenuBar(false);
-#endif
-
     // Set dock options
     setDockOptions(AnimatedDocks | AllowTabbedDocks | AllowNestedDocks);
 
@@ -203,6 +196,12 @@ void MainWindow::init()
     // Setup corners
     setCorner(Qt::BottomRightCorner, Qt::BottomDockWidgetArea);
 
+    // Qt 4 on Ubuntu does place the native menubar correctly so on Linux we revert back to in-window menu bar.
+    // TODO: Check that this is still necessary on Qt5 on Ubuntu
+#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
+    menuBar()->setNativeMenuBar(false);
+#endif
+
     // Setup UI state machines
     centerStackActionGroup->setExclusive(true);
 
diff --git a/src/ui/main/QGCWelcomeMainWindow.cc b/src/ui/main/QGCWelcomeMainWindow.cc
index 721f4995ce430e1e656c8d7fc66baf710dfb2f2a..862ce88af6eb429b0786932a6bd04329a79a3327 100644
--- a/src/ui/main/QGCWelcomeMainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/main/QGCWelcomeMainWindow.cc
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ QGCWelcomeMainWindow::QGCWelcomeMainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     storeSettings(false)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
-    statusBar()->hide();
 
     QString windowname = qApp->applicationName() + " " + qApp->applicationVersion();
     setWindowTitle(windowname);
diff --git a/src/ui/main/QGCWelcomeMainWindow.ui b/src/ui/main/QGCWelcomeMainWindow.ui
index 5ef45995f3fddcbf643a67f60845d7435bf5a98b..e4b0441e843077c33b8fbde0cc308d9f96917453 100644
--- a/src/ui/main/QGCWelcomeMainWindow.ui
+++ b/src/ui/main/QGCWelcomeMainWindow.ui
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
- <author/>
- <comment/>
- <exportmacro/>
  <class>QGCWelcomeMainWindow</class>
  <widget class="QMainWindow" name="QGCWelcomeMainWindow">
   <property name="geometry">
@@ -15,10 +13,8 @@
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>MainWindow</string>
   </property>
-  <widget class="QMenuBar" name="menubar"/>
   <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget"/>
-  <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusbar"/>
  </widget>
- <pixmapfunction/>
+ <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>