diff --git a/deltachat-ios/View/ChatTitleView.swift b/deltachat-ios/View/ChatTitleView.swift
index d0503331d..be2601cd4 100644
--- a/deltachat-ios/View/ChatTitleView.swift
+++ b/deltachat-ios/View/ChatTitleView.swift
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class ChatTitleView: UIView {
         subtitleLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
         subtitleLabel.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 12)
         subtitleLabel.textAlignment = .center
-        subtitleLabel.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(.required, for: .horizontal)
         return subtitleLabel
     }()