diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs.ui
index 688eeeb086..f9993c9ce2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs.ui
@@ -33,17 +33,6 @@
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QToolButton" name="clear_button">
-       <property name="toolTip">
-        <string>Find previous match</string>
-       </property>
-       <property name="icon">
-        <iconset resource="../../../../resources/images.qrc">
-         <normaloff>:/images/clear_left.png</normaloff>:/images/clear_left.png</iconset>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py b/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py
index dcef6c3096..d25a09e1b9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py
@@ -591,7 +591,6 @@ class JobsDialog(QDialog, Ui_JobsDialog):
         self.search.search.connect(self.find)
         self.search_button.clicked.connect(lambda :
                 self.find(self.search.current_text))
-        self.clear_button.clicked.connect(lambda : self.search.clear())
         self.restore_state()
 
     def restore_state(self):