diff --git a/src/gui/grampsbar.py b/src/gui/grampsbar.py
index 579e59edf..e3cb98276 100644
--- a/src/gui/grampsbar.py
+++ b/src/gui/grampsbar.py
@@ -39,15 +39,6 @@ import os
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import gtk
-gtk.rc_parse_string("""
-    style "tab-button-style" {
-       GtkWidget::focus-padding = 0
-       GtkWidget::focus-line-width = 0
-       xthickness = 0
-       ythickness = 0
-    }
-    widget "*.tab-button" style "tab-button-style"
-    """)
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -319,7 +310,7 @@ class GrampsBar(gtk.Notebook):
 
     def __create_tab_label(self, gramplet):
         """
-        Create a tab label consisting of a label and a close button.
+        Create a tab label.
         """
         label = gtk.Label()
         if hasattr(gramplet.pui, "has_data"):
@@ -412,18 +403,19 @@ class GrampsBar(gtk.Notebook):
         Called when a button is pressed in the tabs section of the GrampsBar.
         """
         if event.type == gtk.gdk.BUTTON_PRESS and event.button == 3:
-            uiman = self.uistate.uimanager
-            ag_menu = uiman.get_widget('/GrampsBarPopup/AddGramplet')
+            menu = gtk.Menu()
+
+            ag_menu = gtk.MenuItem(_('Add a gramplet'))
             nav_type = self.pageview.navigation_type()
             skip = self.all_gramplets()
             gramplet_list = GET_GRAMPLET_LIST(nav_type, skip)
             gramplet_list.sort()
             self.__create_submenu(ag_menu, gramplet_list, self.__add_clicked)
+            ag_menu.show()
+            menu.append(ag_menu)
 
-            rg_menu = uiman.get_widget('/GrampsBarPopup/RemoveGramplet')
-            if self.empty:
-                rg_menu.hide()
-            else:
+            if not self.empty:
+                rg_menu = gtk.MenuItem(_('Remove a gramplet'))
                 gramplet_list = [(gramplet.title, gramplet.gname)
                                  for gramplet in self.get_children() +
                                                  self.detached_gramplets]
@@ -431,11 +423,11 @@ class GrampsBar(gtk.Notebook):
                 self.__create_submenu(rg_menu, gramplet_list,
                                       self.__remove_clicked)
                 rg_menu.show()
+                menu.append(rg_menu)
+
+            menu.popup(None, None, None, 1, event.time)
+            return True
 
-            menu = uiman.get_widget('/GrampsBarPopup')
-            if menu:
-                menu.popup(None, None, None, 1, event.time)
-                return True
         return False
 
     def __create_submenu(self, main_menu, gramplet_list, callback_func):
diff --git a/src/gui/views/pageview.py b/src/gui/views/pageview.py
index 7bbda9270..678317b0d 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/pageview.py
+++ b/src/gui/views/pageview.py
@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ class PageView(DbGUIElement):
               </placeholder>
             </menu>
           </menubar>
-          <popup name="GrampsBarPopup">
-            <menuitem action="AddGramplet"/>
-            <menuitem action="RemoveGramplet"/>
-          </popup>
         </ui>'''
         self.dirty = True
         self.active = False
@@ -413,9 +409,6 @@ class PageView(DbGUIElement):
         self._add_toggle_action('Bottombar', None, _('_Bottombar'), 
              "<shift><control>B", None, self.__bottombar_toggled,
              self.bottombar.get_property('visible'))
-        self._add_action("AddGramplet", gtk.STOCK_ADD, _("Add a gramplet"))
-        self._add_action("RemoveGramplet", gtk.STOCK_REMOVE,
-                         _("Remove a gramplet"))
 
     def __build_action_group(self):
         """