diff --git a/src/ui/toolbar/tool-toolbar.cpp b/src/ui/toolbar/tool-toolbar.cpp
index 321081aa8bf386797a858bf651c1d1809815bcde..01bcab062b1d14f9b4e7bfa6ee1ea2fc8e703faa 100644
--- a/src/ui/toolbar/tool-toolbar.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/toolbar/tool-toolbar.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void ToolToolbar::set_visible_buttons(Gtk::ScrolledWindow &tool_toolbar)
             auto const name = sp_get_action_target(btn);
             auto show = prefs->getBool(get_tool_visible_button_path(name), true);
             auto const parent = btn->get_parent();
-            if (show) {
+            if (show && (name!="LPETool")) {
                 parent->set_visible(true);
                 ++buttons_before_separator;
                 // keep the max_children up to date improves display.