diff --git a/picard/ui/options/maintenance.py b/picard/ui/options/maintenance.py
index 0979f22a8..4bddd828e 100644
--- a/picard/ui/options/maintenance.py
+++ b/picard/ui/options/maintenance.py
@@ -87,12 +87,18 @@ class MaintenanceOptionsPage(OptionsPage):
         self.ui.enable_cleanup.stateChanged.connect(self.enable_cleanup_changed)
         self.ui.open_folder_button.clicked.connect(self.open_config_dir)
 
+        # Set the palette of the config file QLineEdit widget to inactive.
+        palette_normal = self.ui.config_file.palette()
+        palette_readonly = QtGui.QPalette(palette_normal)
+        disabled_color = palette_normal.color(QtGui.QPalette.Inactive, QtGui.QPalette.Window)
+        palette_readonly.setColor(QtGui.QPalette.Base, disabled_color)
+        self.ui.config_file.setPalette(palette_readonly)
+
     def load(self):
         config = get_config()
 
         # Show the path and file name of the currently used configuration file.
         self.ui.config_file.setText(config.fileName())
-        self.ui.config_file.setWordWrap(False)
 
         # Setting options from all option pages and loaded plugins (including plugins currently disabled).
         key_options = set(config.setting.as_dict())
diff --git a/picard/ui/ui_options_maintenance.py b/picard/ui/ui_options_maintenance.py
index 3cfdf7299..1a807398b 100644
--- a/picard/ui/ui_options_maintenance.py
+++ b/picard/ui/ui_options_maintenance.py
@@ -16,50 +16,17 @@ class Ui_MaintenanceOptionsPage(object):
         self.label = QtWidgets.QLabel(MaintenanceOptionsPage)
         self.label.setObjectName("label")
         self.vboxlayout.addWidget(self.label)
-        self.horizontalLayout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
-        self.horizontalLayout.setContentsMargins(-1, -1, -1, 0)
-        self.horizontalLayout.setObjectName("horizontalLayout")
-        self.scrollArea = QtWidgets.QScrollArea(MaintenanceOptionsPage)
-        sizePolicy = QtWidgets.QSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Ignored)
-        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(self.scrollArea.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
-        self.scrollArea.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
-        self.scrollArea.setMinimumSize(QtCore.QSize(0, 35))
-        self.scrollArea.setFrameShape(QtWidgets.QFrame.NoFrame)
-        self.scrollArea.setLineWidth(1)
-        self.scrollArea.setSizeAdjustPolicy(QtWidgets.QAbstractScrollArea.AdjustToContentsOnFirstShow)
-        self.scrollArea.setWidgetResizable(True)
-        self.scrollArea.setObjectName("scrollArea")
-        self.scrollAreaWidgetContents = QtWidgets.QWidget()
-        self.scrollAreaWidgetContents.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 238, 35))
-        sizePolicy = QtWidgets.QSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Preferred, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Preferred)
-        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
-        self.scrollAreaWidgetContents.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
-        self.scrollAreaWidgetContents.setMinimumSize(QtCore.QSize(0, 11))
-        self.scrollAreaWidgetContents.setObjectName("scrollAreaWidgetContents")
-        self.horizontalLayout_2 = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents)
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.setSpacing(0)
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.setObjectName("horizontalLayout_2")
-        self.config_file = QtWidgets.QLabel(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents)
-        sizePolicy = QtWidgets.QSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Fixed)
-        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(self.config_file.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
-        self.config_file.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
-        self.config_file.setMinimumSize(QtCore.QSize(0, 10))
-        self.config_file.setText("")
+        self.horizontalLayout_3 = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
+        self.horizontalLayout_3.setContentsMargins(-1, -1, -1, 0)
+        self.horizontalLayout_3.setObjectName("horizontalLayout_3")
+        self.config_file = QtWidgets.QLineEdit(MaintenanceOptionsPage)
+        self.config_file.setReadOnly(True)
         self.config_file.setObjectName("config_file")
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.addWidget(self.config_file)
-        self.scrollArea.setWidget(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents)
-        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.scrollArea)
+        self.horizontalLayout_3.addWidget(self.config_file)
         self.open_folder_button = QtWidgets.QToolButton(MaintenanceOptionsPage)
         self.open_folder_button.setObjectName("open_folder_button")
-        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.open_folder_button)
-        self.vboxlayout.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout)
+        self.horizontalLayout_3.addWidget(self.open_folder_button)
+        self.vboxlayout.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout_3)
         self.option_counts = QtWidgets.QLabel(MaintenanceOptionsPage)
         sizePolicy = QtWidgets.QSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Preferred, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Preferred)
         sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
diff --git a/ui/options_maintenance.ui b/ui/options_maintenance.ui
index 137ce4af5..ac4fd98c7 100644
--- a/ui/options_maintenance.ui
+++ b/ui/options_maintenance.ui
@@ -19,94 +19,15 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
      <property name="bottomMargin">
       <number>0</number>
      </property>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QScrollArea" name="scrollArea">
-       <property name="sizePolicy">
-        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Ignored">
-         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-        </sizepolicy>
-       </property>
-       <property name="minimumSize">
-        <size>
-         <width>0</width>
-         <height>35</height>
-        </size>
-       </property>
-       <property name="frameShape">
-        <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
-       </property>
-       <property name="lineWidth">
-        <number>1</number>
-       </property>
-       <property name="sizeAdjustPolicy">
-        <enum>QAbstractScrollArea::AdjustToContentsOnFirstShow</enum>
-       </property>
-       <property name="widgetResizable">
+      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="config_file">
+       <property name="readOnly">
         <bool>true</bool>
        </property>
-       <widget class="QWidget" name="scrollAreaWidgetContents">
-        <property name="geometry">
-         <rect>
-          <x>0</x>
-          <y>0</y>
-          <width>238</width>
-          <height>35</height>
-         </rect>
-        </property>
-        <property name="sizePolicy">
-         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
-          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-         </sizepolicy>
-        </property>
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>0</width>
-          <height>11</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
-         <property name="spacing">
-          <number>0</number>
-         </property>
-         <property name="leftMargin">
-          <number>0</number>
-         </property>
-         <property name="topMargin">
-          <number>0</number>
-         </property>
-         <property name="rightMargin">
-          <number>0</number>
-         </property>
-         <property name="bottomMargin">
-          <number>0</number>
-         </property>
-         <item>
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="config_file">
-           <property name="sizePolicy">
-            <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
-             <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-             <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-            </sizepolicy>
-           </property>
-           <property name="minimumSize">
-            <size>
-             <width>0</width>
-             <height>10</height>
-            </size>
-           </property>
-           <property name="text">
-            <string/>
-           </property>
-          </widget>
-         </item>
-        </layout>
-       </widget>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>