diff --git a/include/FloatModelEditorBase.h b/include/FloatModelEditorBase.h
index d9fbd957b..07e16bcde 100644
--- a/include/FloatModelEditorBase.h
+++ b/include/FloatModelEditorBase.h
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ public:
 		setDescription( _txt_before );
 		setUnit( _txt_after );
 	}
-	void setLabel( const QString & txt );
 
 	void setTotalAngle( float angle );
 
@@ -161,8 +160,6 @@ private:
 
 	static SimpleTextFloat * s_textFloat;
 
-	QString m_label;
-	bool m_isHtmlLabel;
 	QTextDocument* m_tdRenderer;
 
 	std::unique_ptr<QPixmap> m_knobPixmap;
diff --git a/src/gui/LadspaWidgetFactory.cpp b/src/gui/LadspaWidgetFactory.cpp
index 70868e791..10344706f 100644
--- a/src/gui/LadspaWidgetFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/LadspaWidgetFactory.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ QWidget * LadspaWidgetFactory::createWidget(LadspaControl * ladspaControl, QWidg
 		{
 			FloatModelEditorBase * fme = new FloatModelEditorBase(parent, name);
 			fme->setModel(ladspaControl->knobModel());
-			fme->setLabel(name);
 			fme->setHintText(QObject::tr("Value:"), "");
 			return fme;
 		}
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/FloatModelEditorBase.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/FloatModelEditorBase.cpp
index 2d85ccd62..55e5bdb70 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/FloatModelEditorBase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/FloatModelEditorBase.cpp
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ SimpleTextFloat * FloatModelEditorBase::s_textFloat = nullptr;
 FloatModelEditorBase::FloatModelEditorBase(QWidget * _parent, const QString & _name ) :
 	QWidget( _parent ),
 	FloatModelView( new FloatModel( 0, 0, 0, 1, nullptr, _name, true ), this ),
-	m_label( "" ),
-	m_isHtmlLabel(false),
 	m_tdRenderer(nullptr),
 	m_volumeKnob( false ),
 	m_volumeRatio( 100.0, 0.0, 1000000.0 ),
@@ -92,21 +90,6 @@ void FloatModelEditorBase::initUi( const QString & _name )
 
 
 
-void FloatModelEditorBase::setLabel( const QString & txt )
-{
-	m_label = txt;
-	m_isHtmlLabel = false;
-	if( m_knobPixmap )
-	{
-		setFixedSize(qMax<int>( m_knobPixmap->width(),
-					horizontalAdvance(QFontMetrics(pointSizeF(font(), 6.5)), m_label)),
-						m_knobPixmap->height() + 10);
-	}
-
-	update();
-}
-
-
 void FloatModelEditorBase::setTotalAngle( float angle )
 {
 	if( angle < 10.0 )