diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetDefsPanel.form b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetDefsPanel.form
index 5104960534..cca6a8b5c8 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetDefsPanel.form
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetDefsPanel.form
@@ -622,11 +622,6 @@
                       <Color blue="f0" green="f0" red="f0" type="rgb"/>
                     </Property>
                     <Property name="columns" type="int" value="20"/>
-                    <Property name="font" type="java.awt.Font" editor="org.netbeans.modules.form.editors2.FontEditor">
-                      <FontInfo relative="true">
-                        <Font component="descriptionTextArea" property="font" relativeSize="true" size="-2"/>
-                      </FontInfo>
-                    </Property>
                     <Property name="lineWrap" type="boolean" value="true"/>
                     <Property name="rows" type="int" value="3"/>
                     <Property name="text" type="java.lang.String" editor="org.netbeans.modules.i18n.form.FormI18nStringEditor">
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetDefsPanel.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetDefsPanel.java
index 76f4b67041..2163c68997 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetDefsPanel.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetDefsPanel.java
@@ -760,7 +760,6 @@ public final class FilesSetDefsPanel extends IngestModuleGlobalSettingsPanel imp
         descriptionTextArea.setEditable(false);
         descriptionTextArea.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(240, 240, 240));
         descriptionTextArea.setColumns(20);
-        descriptionTextArea.setFont(descriptionTextArea.getFont().deriveFont(descriptionTextArea.getFont().getSize()-2f));
         descriptionTextArea.setLineWrap(true);
         descriptionTextArea.setRows(3);
         descriptionTextArea.setText(org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(FilesSetDefsPanel.class, "FilesSetDefsPanel.interesting.jTextArea1.text")); // NOI18N