diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
index e5acd22f16f..8b79a68f615 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
@@ -1757,7 +1757,6 @@ void QWindowsVistaStyle::drawComplexControl(ComplexControl control, const QStyle
                         stateId = SCRBS_NORMAL;
 
                     // Draw handle
-                    theme.rect = proxy()->subControlRect(CC_ScrollBar, option, SC_ScrollBarSlider, widget);
                     theme.partId = flags & State_Horizontal ? SBP_THUMBBTNHORZ : SBP_THUMBBTNVERT;
                     theme.stateId = stateId;
                     d->drawBackground(theme);
diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsxpstyle.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsxpstyle.cpp
index 08ebe1c5ad7..8dc3c6cb48e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsxpstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsxpstyle.cpp
@@ -2758,7 +2758,6 @@ void QWindowsXPStyle::drawComplexControl(ComplexControl cc, const QStyleOptionCo
                         stateId = SCRBS_NORMAL;
 
                     // Draw handle
-                    theme.rect = proxy()->subControlRect(CC_ScrollBar, option, SC_ScrollBarSlider, widget);
                     theme.partId = flags & State_Horizontal ? SBP_THUMBBTNHORZ : SBP_THUMBBTNVERT;
                     theme.stateId = stateId;
                     d->drawBackground(theme);