diff --git a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/applet.js b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/applet.js
index 1241776355..1995d1cd12 100644
--- a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/applet.js
+++ b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/applet.js
@@ -1431,9 +1431,6 @@ class CinnamonMenuApplet extends Applet.TextIconApplet {
         this.main_container.natural_height = (height * global.ui_scale);
         this.main_container.natural_width = (width * global.ui_scale);
 
-        this.menu.actor.set_width(width * global.ui_scale);
-        this.menu.actor.set_height(height * global.ui_scale);
-
         this._update_scroll_policy(this.favoritesBox, this.favoritesScrollBox);
         this._update_scroll_policy(this.categoriesBox, this.categoriesScrollBox);
 
diff --git a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/settings-schema.json b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/settings-schema.json
index 1aa26ece26..1b3c9e31d0 100644
--- a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/settings-schema.json
+++ b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/settings-schema.json
@@ -192,11 +192,11 @@
  },
  "popup-width" : {
     "type" : "generic",
-    "default" : 650
+    "default" : 630
  },
  "popup-height" : {
     "type" : "generic",
-    "default" : 650
+    "default" : 615
  },
  "reset-menu-size-button" : {
     "type" : "button",