diff --git a/widget/app_launcher/init.lua b/widget/app_launcher/init.lua
index d29711f..a602f66 100644
--- a/widget/app_launcher/init.lua
+++ b/widget/app_launcher/init.lua
@@ -557,7 +557,6 @@ local function build_widget(self)
             layout = wibox.layout.grid,
             orientation = "horizontal",
             homogeneous = true,
-            expand = self.expand_apps,
             spacing = self.apps_spacing,
             forced_num_cols = self.apps_per_column,
             forced_num_rows = self.apps_per_row,
@@ -739,7 +738,6 @@ local function new(args)
     args.apps_per_row = default_value(args.apps_per_row, 5)
     args.apps_per_column = default_value(args.apps_per_column, 3)
     args.apps_spacing = default_value(args.apps_spacing, dpi(30))
-    args.expand_apps = default_value(args.expand_apps, true)
 
     args.prompt_bg_color = default_value(args.prompt_bg_color, "#000000")
     args.prompt_icon_font = default_value(args.prompt_icon_font, beautiful.font)