diff --git a/src/public/javascripts/dialogs/options/appearance.js b/src/public/javascripts/dialogs/options/appearance.js
index 0708877bc..e7504c8c2 100644
--- a/src/public/javascripts/dialogs/options/appearance.js
+++ b/src/public/javascripts/dialogs/options/appearance.js
@@ -9,24 +9,16 @@ const TPL = `
 
 <form>
     <div class="form-group row">
-        <div class="col-4">
+        <div class="col-6">
             <label for="theme-select">Theme</label>
             <select class="form-control" id="theme-select"></select>
         </div>
 
-        <div class="col-4">
+        <div class="col-6">
             <label for="zoom-factor-select">Zoom factor (desktop build only)</label>
 
             <input type="number" class="form-control" id="zoom-factor-select" min="0.3" max="2.0" step="0.1"/>
         </div>
-
-        <div class="col-4">
-            <label for="one-tab-display-select">If there's only one tab, then...</label>
-            <select class="form-control" id="one-tab-display-select">
-                <option value="show">show the tab bar</option>
-                <option value="hide">hide the tab bar</option>
-            </select>
-        </div>
     </div>
 
     <p>Zooming can be controlled with CTRL-+ and CTRL-= shortcuts as well.</p>
@@ -108,7 +100,6 @@ export default class ApperanceOptions {
 
         this.$themeSelect = $("#theme-select");
         this.$zoomFactorSelect = $("#zoom-factor-select");
-        this.$oneTabDisplaySelect = $("#one-tab-display-select");
         this.$leftPaneMinWidth = $("#left-pane-min-width");
         this.$leftPaneWidthPercent = $("#left-pane-width-percent");
         this.$mainFontSize = $("#main-font-size");
@@ -141,13 +132,6 @@ export default class ApperanceOptions {
 
         this.$zoomFactorSelect.on('change', () => { zoomService.setZoomFactorAndSave(this.$zoomFactorSelect.val()); });
 
-        this.$oneTabDisplaySelect.on('change', () => {
-            const hideTabRowForOneTab = this.$oneTabDisplaySelect.val() === 'hide' ? 'true' : 'false';
-
-            server.put('options/hideTabRowForOneTab/' + hideTabRowForOneTab)
-                .then(optionsService.reloadOptions);
-        });
-
         this.$leftPaneMinWidth.on('change', async () => {
             await server.put('options/leftPaneMinWidth/' + this.$leftPaneMinWidth.val());
 
@@ -204,8 +188,6 @@ export default class ApperanceOptions {
             this.$zoomFactorSelect.prop('disabled', true);
         }
 
-        this.$oneTabDisplaySelect.val(options.hideTabRowForOneTab === 'true' ? 'hide' : 'show');
-
         this.$leftPaneMinWidth.val(options.leftPaneMinWidth);
         this.$leftPaneWidthPercent.val(options.leftPaneWidthPercent);
 
diff --git a/src/public/javascripts/services/tab_row.js b/src/public/javascripts/services/tab_row.js
index 41029e2db..dde1d7306 100644
--- a/src/public/javascripts/services/tab_row.js
+++ b/src/public/javascripts/services/tab_row.js
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class TabRow {
         this.eventListeners = {};
 
         this.el = el;
-        this.hideTabRowForOneTab = false;
 
         this.setupStyleEl();
         this.setupEvents();
@@ -62,12 +61,6 @@ class TabRow {
         }
     }
 
-    setHideTabRowForOneTab(hideTabRowForOneTab) {
-        this.hideTabRowForOneTab = hideTabRowForOneTab;
-
-        this.setVisibility();
-    }
-
     setupStyleEl() {
         this.styleEl = document.createElement('style');
         this.el.appendChild(this.styleEl);
@@ -92,7 +85,7 @@ class TabRow {
     }
 
     setVisibility() {
-        this.el.style.display = (this.tabEls.length > 1 || !this.hideTabRowForOneTab) ? "block" : "none";
+        this.el.style.display = "block";
     }
 
     get tabEls() {
@@ -429,6 +422,4 @@ class TabRow {
 const noteTabRowEl = document.querySelector('.note-tab-row');
 const tabRow = new TabRow(noteTabRowEl);
 
-optionsService.addLoadListener(options => tabRow.setHideTabRowForOneTab(options.is('hideTabRowForOneTab')));
-
 export default tabRow;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/api/options.js b/src/routes/api/options.js
index 384b5f376..06e4b1a06 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/options.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/options.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ const ALLOWED_OPTIONS = new Set([
     'treeFontSize',
     'detailFontSize',
     'openTabs',
-    'hideTabRowForOneTab',
     'noteInfoWidget',
     'attributesWidget',
     'linkMapWidget',
diff --git a/src/services/options_init.js b/src/services/options_init.js
index d4a5057e4..1afc7659b 100644
--- a/src/services/options_init.js
+++ b/src/services/options_init.js
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ const defaultOptions = [
     { name: 'similarNotesWidget', value: '{"enabled":true,"expanded":true,"position":600}', isSynced: false },
     { name: 'spellCheckEnabled', value: 'true', isSynced: false },
     { name: 'spellCheckLanguageCode', value: 'en-US', isSynced: false },
-    { name: 'hideTabRowForOneTab', value: 'false', isSynced: false },
     { name: 'imageMaxWidthHeight', value: '1200', isSynced: true },
     { name: 'imageJpegQuality', value: '75', isSynced: true },
     { name: 'autoFixConsistencyIssues', value: 'true', isSynced: false },