diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/ColumnViewPreviewWidget.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/ColumnViewPreviewWidget.cpp
index ac06f1b88..980a79cd5 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/ColumnViewPreviewWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/ColumnViewPreviewWidget.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ ColumnViewPreviewWidget::ColumnViewPreviewWidget( ColumnView* parent )
 
     m_artistLabel = new QueryLabel( this );
     m_artistLabel->setContentsMargins( 6, 2, 6, 2 );
-    m_artistLabel->setElideMode( Qt::ElideMiddle );
     m_artistLabel->setType( QueryLabel::Artist );
     m_artistLabel->setAlignment( Qt::AlignCenter );
     font.setPointSize( TomahawkUtils::defaultFontSize() + 5 );
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/ElidedLabel.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/ElidedLabel.cpp
index e5119c643..c64e746ba 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/ElidedLabel.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/ElidedLabel.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ ElidedLabel::init( const QString& txt )
 {
     m_text = txt;
     m_align = Qt::AlignLeft;
-    m_mode = Qt::ElideMiddle;
+    m_mode = Qt::ElideRight;
     m_margin = 0;
     m_multiLine = false;
 
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/QueryLabel.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/QueryLabel.cpp
index 3c32a8fdf..532cd1bc7 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/QueryLabel.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/QueryLabel.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ QueryLabel::init()
     setMouseTracking( true );
 
     setAlignment( Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignVCenter );
-    m_mode = Qt::ElideMiddle;
+    m_mode = Qt::ElideRight;
     m_hovering = false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/infowidgets/TrackInfoWidget.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/infowidgets/TrackInfoWidget.cpp
index 70945c739..459d2edf9 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/infowidgets/TrackInfoWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/infowidgets/TrackInfoWidget.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ TrackInfoWidget::TrackInfoWidget( const Tomahawk::query_ptr& query, QWidget* par
 
     {
         ui->artistLabel->setContentsMargins( 6, 2, 6, 2 );
-        ui->artistLabel->setElideMode( Qt::ElideMiddle );
         ui->artistLabel->setType( QueryLabel::Artist );
         connect( ui->artistLabel, SIGNAL( clickedArtist() ), SLOT( onArtistClicked() ) );