diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/widgets/android_widget_LinearLayout.c b/src/api-impl-jni/widgets/android_widget_LinearLayout.c
index b0573359..511a719a 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/widgets/android_widget_LinearLayout.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/widgets/android_widget_LinearLayout.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_android_widget_LinearLayout_native_1constructor(JNI
 	int orientation = attribute_set_get_int(env, attrs, "orientation", NULL, 0);
 
 	GtkWidget *wrapper = g_object_ref(wrapper_widget_new());
-	GtkWidget *box = gtk_box_new(orientation ? GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL : GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 1); // spacing of 1
+	GtkWidget *box = gtk_box_new(orientation ? GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL : GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 0); // spacing of 0
 	wrapper_widget_set_child(WRAPPER_WIDGET(wrapper), box);
 	gtk_widget_set_name(GTK_WIDGET(box), "LinearLayout");
 	if (!attrs) {