diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/layout/migLayout/componentConstraints.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/layout/migLayout/componentConstraints.kt
index 2a27f2d1b9c6..4128388e7331 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/layout/migLayout/componentConstraints.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/layout/migLayout/componentConstraints.kt
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ internal class DefaultComponentConstraintCreator(private val spacing: SpacingCon
         cc.value.growX()
       }
 
-      component is JPasswordField -> {
-        applyGrowPolicy(cc.value, GrowPolicy.SHORT_TEXT)
-      }
-
       component is JTextField && component.columns != 0 ->
         return