diff --git a/GUI/View/Fit/JobMessagePanel.cpp b/GUI/View/Fit/JobMessagePanel.cpp
index 97b2887b0f0afc32014cceb7c1cfdd3ce49af08e..f7af65c2f04cb7d72c38cdcf3165ff01d3bc71ac 100644
--- a/GUI/View/Fit/JobMessagePanel.cpp
+++ b/GUI/View/Fit/JobMessagePanel.cpp
@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@
 //  ************************************************************************************************
 
 #include "GUI/View/Fit/JobMessagePanel.h"
-#include "GUI/View/Tool/mainwindow_constants.h"
 #include <QScrollBar>
-#include <QStackedWidget>
 #include <QTextEdit>
-#include <QVBoxLayout>
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -43,37 +40,23 @@ QColor color(FitLogLevel level)
 } // namespace
 
 
-JobMessagePanel::JobMessagePanel(QWidget* parent)
-    : InfoPanel(parent), m_log(nullptr), m_plainLog(new QTextEdit)
+JobMessagePanel::JobMessagePanel(QWidget* parent) : QTextEdit(parent), m_log(nullptr)
 {
-    setWindowTitle(GUI::Constants::JobMessagePanelName);
-    setObjectName("JobMessagePanel");
-
-    m_plainLog->setReadOnly(true);
-    //    m_plainLog->setMaximumBlockCount(100000);
-    m_plainLog->setFont(QFont("Courier"));
-
-    m_stackedWidget->addWidget(m_plainLog);
-
-    setContentVisible(false);
-}
-
-void JobMessagePanel::onClearLog()
-{
-    m_plainLog->clear();
+    setWindowTitle("Message Panel");
+    setReadOnly(true);
+    setFont(QFont("Courier"));
 }
 
 void JobMessagePanel::appendMessage(const FitLog::Message& message)
 {
-    QScrollBar* scrollbar = m_plainLog->verticalScrollBar();
+    QScrollBar* scrollbar = verticalScrollBar();
     bool autoscroll = scrollbar->value() == scrollbar->maximum();
-    //    m_plainLog->appendPlainText(message);
-    m_plainLog->setTextColor(color(message.level));
-    m_plainLog->append(QString::fromStdString(message.text));
+    setTextColor(color(message.level));
+    append(QString::fromStdString(message.text));
     if (autoscroll) {
-        QTextCursor c = m_plainLog->textCursor();
+        QTextCursor c = textCursor();
         c.movePosition(QTextCursor::End);
-        m_plainLog->setTextCursor(c);
+        setTextCursor(c);
     }
 }
 
@@ -82,11 +65,11 @@ void JobMessagePanel::setLog(FitLog* log)
     if (m_log)
         m_log->disconnect(this);
     m_log = log;
-    m_plainLog->clear();
+    clear();
     if (m_log) {
         for (const auto& record : m_log->messages())
             appendMessage(record);
-        connect(m_log, &FitLog::cleared, this, &JobMessagePanel::onClearLog);
+        connect(m_log, &FitLog::cleared, this, &JobMessagePanel::clear);
         connect(m_log, &FitLog::messageAppended, this, &JobMessagePanel::appendMessage);
     }
 }
diff --git a/GUI/View/Fit/JobMessagePanel.h b/GUI/View/Fit/JobMessagePanel.h
index 28f1c8b47d640a013503cad4d74596cd018bad41..c14a65ea7bbbc9d362c7f3b2fd4bc772b7d4843d 100644
--- a/GUI/View/Fit/JobMessagePanel.h
+++ b/GUI/View/Fit/JobMessagePanel.h
@@ -15,28 +15,23 @@
 #ifndef BORNAGAIN_GUI_VIEW_FIT_JOBMESSAGEPANEL_H
 #define BORNAGAIN_GUI_VIEW_FIT_JOBMESSAGEPANEL_H
 
-#include "GUI/View/Common/InfoPanel.h"
 #include "GUI/View/Fit/FitLog.h"
 #include <QColor>
-
-class QTextEdit;
+#include <QTextEdit>
 
 //! The JobMessagePanel class shows log messages from FitActivityPanel at the
 //! bottom part of JobView.
 
-class JobMessagePanel : public InfoPanel {
+class JobMessagePanel : public QTextEdit {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     JobMessagePanel(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
 
-public slots:
-    void onClearLog();
     void appendMessage(const FitLog::Message& message);
     void setLog(FitLog* log);
 
 private:
     FitLog* m_log;
-    QTextEdit* m_plainLog;
 };
 
 #endif // BORNAGAIN_GUI_VIEW_FIT_JOBMESSAGEPANEL_H
diff --git a/GUI/View/Job/JobView.cpp b/GUI/View/Job/JobView.cpp
index 8f5a2e7250947e6217de421196bf39e7b55567a2..3e5a9bf476f550470883b07bd7dea5ef439057b4 100644
--- a/GUI/View/Job/JobView.cpp
+++ b/GUI/View/Job/JobView.cpp
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ void JobView::createSubWindows()
     m_docks->addWidget(JobViewFlags::FIT_PANEL_DOCK, m_fitActivityPanel, Qt::RightDockWidgetArea);
     m_docks->addWidget(JobViewFlags::JOB_MESSAGE_DOCK, m_jobMessagePanel, Qt::BottomDockWidgetArea);
 
-    connect(m_jobMessagePanel, &JobMessagePanel::widgetHeightRequest, m_docks,
-            &DocksController::setDockHeightForWidget);
-
     m_fitActivityPanel->setRealTimeWidget(m_jobRealTimeWidget);
 
     setCentralWidget(m_jobResultsPresenter);
diff --git a/GUI/View/Tool/mainwindow_constants.h b/GUI/View/Tool/mainwindow_constants.h
index b278003ba7eecce19d5dfe2e525430eda3f5fbc0..1dbac7aaa9adf93273afd1248cf1f6c3d797c1bb 100644
--- a/GUI/View/Tool/mainwindow_constants.h
+++ b/GUI/View/Tool/mainwindow_constants.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ const QString JobRealTimeWidgetName = "Job Real Time";
 const QString JobPropertiesWidgetName = "Job Properties";
 const QString JobFitPanelName = "Fit Panel";
 const QString JobSelectorWidgetName = "Job Selector";
-const QString JobMessagePanelName = "Message Panel";
 
 const QString JobViewActivityName = "Job View Activity";
 const QString JobRealTimeActivityName = "Real Time Activity";