diff --git a/user-interface/frontend/themes/datamanager/components/dialog.css b/user-interface/frontend/themes/datamanager/components/dialog.css
index 306dc7338..08134686e 100644
--- a/user-interface/frontend/themes/datamanager/components/dialog.css
+++ b/user-interface/frontend/themes/datamanager/components/dialog.css
@@ -356,10 +356,11 @@ Since we want to remove the spacing between the cancel and confirm button we rep
 
 .experiment-variable-dialog .content .row {
   display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: var(--lumo-space-l);
+  align-items: baseline;
+  column-gap: var(--lumo-space-l);
 }
 
+
 .add-project-dialog::part(content) {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
diff --git a/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/views/projects/project/experiments/experiment/components/ExperimentalVariableRowLayout.java b/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/views/projects/project/experiments/experiment/components/ExperimentalVariableRowLayout.java
index ba2f5d172..fcbfb4499 100644
--- a/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/views/projects/project/experiments/experiment/components/ExperimentalVariableRowLayout.java
+++ b/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/views/projects/project/experiments/experiment/components/ExperimentalVariableRowLayout.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package life.qbic.datamanager.views.projects.project.experiments.experiment.components;
 
-import com.vaadin.flow.component.formlayout.FormLayout;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.html.Span;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.icon.Icon;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.icon.VaadinIcon;
@@ -45,9 +44,6 @@ static ExperimentalVariableRowLayout from(
 
   private void init() {
     addClassName("row");
-    FormLayout experimentalVariableFieldsLayout = new FormLayout();
-    experimentalVariableFieldsLayout.add(nameField, unitField, levelArea);
-    experimentalVariableFieldsLayout.setResponsiveSteps(new FormLayout.ResponsiveStep("0", 3));
     nameField.setRequired(true);
     nameField.setPlaceholder("e.g. age");
     unitField.setPlaceholder("e.g. years");
@@ -59,7 +55,8 @@ private void init() {
         42
         68
         """);
-    add(experimentalVariableFieldsLayout, deleteIcon);
+    /*Span around Icon is necessary otherwise icon size will be scaled down if a scrollbar appears*/
+    add(nameField, unitField, levelArea, new Span(deleteIcon));
   }
 
   public String getVariableName() {