diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp
index cb163b648..f535c66c3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp
@@ -34,27 +34,28 @@ namespace MWGui
         : WindowPinnableBase("openmw_spell_window.layout")
         , NoDrop(drag, mMainWidget)
         , mSpellView(nullptr)
-        , mDeleteButton(nullptr)
         , mUpdateTimer(0.0f)
     {
         mSpellIcons = new SpellIcons();
 
+        MyGUI::Widget* deleteButton;
+        getWidget(deleteButton, "DeleteSpellButton");
+
         getWidget(mSpellView, "SpellView");
         getWidget(mEffectBox, "EffectsBox");
         getWidget(mFilterEdit, "FilterEdit");
-        getWidget(mDeleteButton, "DeleteSpellButton");
 
         mFilterEdit->setUserString("IgnoreTabKey", "y");
 
         mSpellView->eventSpellClicked += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &SpellWindow::onModelIndexSelected);
         mFilterEdit->eventEditTextChange += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &SpellWindow::onFilterChanged);
-        mDeleteButton->eventMouseButtonClick += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &SpellWindow::onDeleteClicked);
+        deleteButton->eventMouseButtonClick += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &SpellWindow::onDeleteClicked);
 
         setCoord(498, 300, 302, 300);
 
-        MyGUI::Window* t = mMainWidget->castType<MyGUI::Window>();
-        t->eventWindowChangeCoord += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &SpellWindow::onWindowResize);
-        onWindowResize(t);
+        // Adjust the spell filtering widget size because of MyGUI limitations.
+        int filterWidth = mSpellView->getSize().width - deleteButton->getSize().width - 3;
+        mFilterEdit->setSize(filterWidth, mFilterEdit->getSize().height);
     }
 
     SpellWindow::~SpellWindow()
@@ -258,10 +259,4 @@ namespace MWGui
         else
             onSpellSelected(spell.mId);
     }
-
-    void SpellWindow::onWindowResize(MyGUI::Window* window) {
-        MyGUI::IntSize sz = mFilterEdit->getSize();
-        sz.width = window->getSize().width - mDeleteButton->getSize().width - 40;
-        mFilterEdit->setSize(sz);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.hpp
index fed480b21..01a9c7392 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         void onDeleteClicked(MyGUI::Widget *widget);
         void onDeleteSpellAccept();
         void askDeleteSpell(const std::string& spellId);
-        void onWindowResize(MyGUI::Window* window);
 
         virtual void onPinToggled();
         virtual void onTitleDoubleClicked();
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         SpellView* mSpellView;
         SpellIcons* mSpellIcons;
         MyGUI::EditBox* mFilterEdit;
-        MyGUI::Button* mDeleteButton;
 
     private:
         float mUpdateTimer;
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_spell_window.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_spell_window.layout
index ffc7ab48f..9a6e39cd1 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_spell_window.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_spell_window.layout
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@
         <Widget type="SpellView" skin="MW_SpellView" position="8 38 268 490" align="Left Top Stretch" name="SpellView">
         </Widget>
 
-        <Widget type="Widget" position="8 535 268 23" align="Left Bottom HStretch">
+        <Widget type="HBox" position="8 535 268 23" align="Right Bottom HStretch">
+            <Widget type="Spacer"/>
             <!-- Spell deletion button -->
-            <Widget type="AutoSizedButton" skin="MW_Button" align="Right Bottom" position="268 0 0 24" name="DeleteSpellButton">
-                <Property key="ExpandDirection" value="Left"/>
+            <Widget type="AutoSizedButton" skin="MW_Button" align="Right Bottom" position="8 535 0 23" name="DeleteSpellButton">
                 <Property key="Caption" value="#{sDelete}"/>
                 <Property key="NeedKey" value="false"/>
             </Widget>
+        </Widget>
 
-            <!-- Search box-->
-            <Widget type="EditBox" skin="MW_TextBoxEditWithBorder" position="0 0 100 23" align="Left Bottom HStretch" name="FilterEdit">
-            </Widget>
+        <!-- Search box-->
+        <Widget type="EditBox" skin="MW_TextBoxEditWithBorder" position="8 535 268 23" align="Left Bottom HStretch" name="FilterEdit">
         </Widget>
 
     </Widget>