diff --git a/src/share/classes/javax/swing/JSplitPane.java b/src/share/classes/javax/swing/JSplitPane.java
index f3baff66492b2d23590f6067b118e72403023dce..9700b260f2c723d7d420af2087f0222b2c288e1c 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/swing/JSplitPane.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/swing/JSplitPane.java
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ public class JSplitPane extends JComponent implements Accessible
      * layout, using two buttons for the components.
      */
     public JSplitPane() {
-        this(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT,
-            UIManager.getBoolean("SplitPane.continuousLayout"),
+        this(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT, false,
             new JButton(UIManager.getString("SplitPane.leftButtonText")),
             new JButton(UIManager.getString("SplitPane.rightButtonText")));
     }
@@ -264,8 +263,7 @@ public class JSplitPane extends JComponent implements Accessible
      */
     @ConstructorProperties({"orientation"})
     public JSplitPane(int newOrientation) {
-        this(newOrientation,
-            UIManager.getBoolean("SplitPane.continuousLayout"));
+        this(newOrientation, false);
     }
 
 
@@ -309,9 +307,7 @@ public class JSplitPane extends JComponent implements Accessible
     public JSplitPane(int newOrientation,
                       Component newLeftComponent,
                       Component newRightComponent){
-        this(newOrientation,
-            UIManager.getBoolean("SplitPane.continuousLayout"),
-            newLeftComponent, newRightComponent);
+        this(newOrientation, false, newLeftComponent, newRightComponent);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/share/classes/javax/swing/plaf/nimbus/skin.laf b/src/share/classes/javax/swing/plaf/nimbus/skin.laf
index 15532781cf22f2360d81511a71a5842048f366c9..93839159356718ab442cefb3ab5301560c3f0ef9 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/swing/plaf/nimbus/skin.laf
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/swing/plaf/nimbus/skin.laf
@@ -21276,7 +21276,6 @@
                <uiProperty name="centerOneTouchButtons" type="BOOLEAN" value="true"/>
                <uiProperty name="oneTouchButtonOffset" type="INT" value="30"/>
                <uiProperty name="oneTouchExpandable" type="BOOLEAN" value="false"/>
-               <uiProperty name="continuousLayout" type="BOOLEAN" value="true"/>
             </uiproperties>
          </style>
          <backgroundStates>