diff --git a/tabby-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug b/tabby-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug
index 3ac5126e..7d0c4fa1 100644
--- a/tabby-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug
+++ b/tabby-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ title-bar(
 
         div.window-controls-spacer(
             *ngIf='config.store.appearance.frame == "thin" \
-            && (hostApp.platform == Platform.Windows)',
+            && (hostApp.platform == Platform.Windows) \
+            && (config.store.appearance.tabsLocation == "left" || config.store.appearance.tabsLocation == "right")',
         )
-
     .content
         start-page.content-tab.content-tab-active(*ngIf='ready && app.tabs.length == 0')