diff --git a/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/instrumentview/view.py b/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/instrumentview/view.py
index e9014dbc93ada369884da01c3eaff5094eb5a1fe..22c457d9782d72ea13c7004352857887185f76b3 100644
--- a/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/instrumentview/view.py
+++ b/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/instrumentview/view.py
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ class InstrumentView(QWidget, ObservingView):
     def __init__(self, presenter, name, parent=None):
         super(InstrumentView, self).__init__(parent)
 
-        if self.make_widget(name):
-            return
+        self.widget = InstrumentWidget(name)
 
         self.presenter = presenter
 
@@ -56,9 +55,6 @@ class InstrumentView(QWidget, ObservingView):
 
         self.close_signal.connect(self._run_close)
 
-    def make_widget(self, name):
-        self.widget = InstrumentWidget(name)
-
     @Slot()
     def _run_close(self):
         self.close()