diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c8caa96ad7..5cac08ccb5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-05-05  Mukund Sivaraman  <muks@mukund.org>
+
+	* app/gui/splash.c: reverted the progress bar size change.
+
 2007-05-05  Mukund Sivaraman  <muks@mukund.org>
 
 	* app/gui/splash.c: make the splash progress bar lean and mean.
diff --git a/app/gui/splash.c b/app/gui/splash.c
index 5dedac34fc..70d76f035d 100644
--- a/app/gui/splash.c
+++ b/app/gui/splash.c
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ splash_create (gboolean be_verbose)
 
   /*  add a progress bar  */
   splash->progress = gtk_progress_bar_new ();
-  gtk_widget_set_size_request (splash->progress, 1, 12);
   gtk_box_pack_end (GTK_BOX (vbox), splash->progress, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
   gtk_widget_show (splash->progress);