diff --git a/data/theme/_common.scss b/data/theme/_common.scss
index f42aee538..5bacd0b8a 100644
--- a/data/theme/_common.scss
+++ b/data/theme/_common.scss
@@ -265,8 +265,7 @@ StScrollBar {
   }
 
   .panel-button {
-    -natural-hpadding: 12px;
-    -minimum-hpadding: 6px;
+    padding: 0px 12px;
     font-weight: bold;
     color: #ccc;
     transition-duration: 100ms;
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index 9e5116f7e..f5e530efd 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -1201,8 +1201,7 @@ StScrollBar {
       -panel-corner-background-color: transparent;
       -panel-corner-border-color: transparent; }
   #panel .panel-button {
-    -natural-hpadding: 12px;
-    -minimum-hpadding: 6px;
+    padding: 0px 12px;
     font-weight: bold;
     color: #ccc;
     transition-duration: 100ms; }
diff --git a/js/ui/panel.js b/js/ui/panel.js
index 006eb3705..b259c1a08 100644
--- a/js/ui/panel.js
+++ b/js/ui/panel.js
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ const AggregateMenu = new Lang.Class({
         this.menu.actor.add_style_class_name('aggregate-menu');
 
         this._indicators = new St.BoxLayout({ style_class: 'panel-status-indicators-box' });
-        this.actor.add_child(this._indicators);
+        this.actor.add_actor(this._indicators);
 
         if (Config.HAVE_NETWORKMANAGER) {
             this._network = new imports.ui.status.network.NMApplet();
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ const Panel = new Lang.Class({
                 continue;
             if (indicator.menu)
                 indicator.menu.close();
-            indicator.container.hide();
+            indicator.actor.hide();
         }
     },
 
@@ -1132,21 +1132,14 @@ const Panel = new Lang.Class({
     },
 
     _addToPanelBox: function(role, indicator, position, box) {
-        let container = indicator.container;
-        container.show();
-
-        let parent = container.get_parent();
-        if (parent)
-            parent.remove_actor(container);
-
-        box.insert_child_at_index(container, position);
+        indicator.actor.show();
+        box.insert_child_at_index(indicator.actor, position);
         if (indicator.menu)
             this.menuManager.addMenu(indicator.menu);
         this.statusArea[role] = indicator;
         let destroyId = indicator.connect('destroy', Lang.bind(this, function(emitter) {
             delete this.statusArea[role];
             emitter.disconnect(destroyId);
-            container.destroy();
         }));
     },
 
diff --git a/js/ui/panelMenu.js b/js/ui/panelMenu.js
index 29acd29b4..9571a67a2 100644
--- a/js/ui/panelMenu.js
+++ b/js/ui/panelMenu.js
@@ -13,92 +13,16 @@ const Main = imports.ui.main;
 const Params = imports.misc.params;
 const PopupMenu = imports.ui.popupMenu;
 
-const ButtonBox = new Lang.Class({
-    Name: 'ButtonBox',
-
-    _init: function(params) {
-        params = Params.parse(params, { style_class: 'panel-button' }, true);
-        this.actor = new Shell.GenericContainer(params);
-        this.actor._delegate = this;
-
-        this.container = new St.Bin({ y_fill: true,
-                                      x_fill: true,
-                                      child: this.actor });
-
-        this.actor.connect('get-preferred-width', Lang.bind(this, this._getPreferredWidth));
-        this.actor.connect('get-preferred-height', Lang.bind(this, this._getPreferredHeight));
-        this.actor.connect('allocate', Lang.bind(this, this._allocate));
-
-        this.actor.connect('style-changed', Lang.bind(this, this._onStyleChanged));
-        this._minHPadding = this._natHPadding = 0.0;
-    },
-
-    _onStyleChanged: function(actor) {
-        let themeNode = actor.get_theme_node();
-
-        this._minHPadding = themeNode.get_length('-minimum-hpadding');
-        this._natHPadding = themeNode.get_length('-natural-hpadding');
-    },
-
-    _getPreferredWidth: function(actor, forHeight, alloc) {
-        let child = actor.get_first_child();
-
-        if (child) {
-            [alloc.min_size, alloc.natural_size] = child.get_preferred_width(-1);
-        } else {
-            alloc.min_size = alloc.natural_size = 0;
-        }
-
-        alloc.min_size += 2 * this._minHPadding;
-        alloc.natural_size += 2 * this._natHPadding;
-    },
-
-    _getPreferredHeight: function(actor, forWidth, alloc) {
-        let child = actor.get_first_child();
-
-        if (child) {
-            [alloc.min_size, alloc.natural_size] = child.get_preferred_height(-1);
-        } else {
-            alloc.min_size = alloc.natural_size = 0;
-        }
-    },
-
-    _allocate: function(actor, box, flags) {
-        let child = actor.get_first_child();
-        if (!child)
-            return;
-
-        let [minWidth, natWidth] = child.get_preferred_width(-1);
-
-        let availWidth = box.x2 - box.x1;
-        let availHeight = box.y2 - box.y1;
-
-        let childBox = new Clutter.ActorBox();
-        if (natWidth + 2 * this._natHPadding <= availWidth) {
-            childBox.x1 = this._natHPadding;
-            childBox.x2 = availWidth - this._natHPadding;
-        } else {
-            childBox.x1 = this._minHPadding;
-            childBox.x2 = availWidth - this._minHPadding;
-        }
-
-        childBox.y1 = 0;
-        childBox.y2 = availHeight;
-
-        child.allocate(childBox, flags);
-    },
-});
-
 const Button = new Lang.Class({
     Name: 'PanelMenuButton',
-    Extends: ButtonBox,
 
     _init: function(menuAlignment, nameText, dontCreateMenu) {
-        this.parent({ reactive: true,
-                      can_focus: true,
-                      track_hover: true,
-                      accessible_name: nameText ? nameText : "",
-                      accessible_role: Atk.Role.MENU });
+        this.actor = new St.Bin({ style_class: 'panel-button',
+                                  reactive: true,
+                                  can_focus: true,
+                                  track_hover: true,
+                                  accessible_name: nameText ? nameText : "",
+                                  accessible_role: Atk.Role.MENU });
 
         this.actor.connect('event', Lang.bind(this, this._onEvent));
         this.actor.connect('notify::visible', Lang.bind(this, this._onVisibilityChanged));
@@ -177,8 +101,6 @@ const Button = new Lang.Class({
     },
 
     destroy: function() {
-        this.actor._delegate = null;
-
         if (this.menu)
             this.menu.destroy();
         this.actor.destroy();