diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/window_w32.cpp b/modules/highgui/src/window_w32.cpp
index b61284dc96..50c3dc652f 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/window_w32.cpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/window_w32.cpp
@@ -1105,26 +1105,20 @@ static void icvScreenToClient( HWND hwnd, RECT* rect )
 /* Calculatess the window coordinates relative to the upper left corner of the mainhWnd window */
 static RECT icvCalcWindowRect( CvWindow* window )
 {
-    const int gutter = 1;
-    RECT crect = { 0 }, trect = { 0 } , rect = { 0 };
+    RECT crect = { 0 }, trect = { 0 }, rect = { 0 };
 
     assert(window);
 
     GetClientRect(window->frame, &crect);
-    if(window->toolbar.toolbar)
+    if (window->toolbar.toolbar)
     {
         GetWindowRect(window->toolbar.toolbar, &trect);
         icvScreenToClient(window->frame, &trect);
-        SubtractRect( &rect, &crect, &trect);
+        SubtractRect(&rect, &crect, &trect);
     }
     else
         rect = crect;
 
-    rect.top += gutter;
-    rect.left += gutter;
-    rect.bottom -= gutter;
-    rect.right -= gutter;
-
     return rect;
 }