diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
index 765fa13516..bb2bf49053 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
@@ -2536,7 +2536,9 @@ Editor::set_state (const XMLNode& node, int version)
 	PBD::Unwinder<bool> nsi (no_save_instant, true);
 	bool yn;
 
-	Tabbable::set_state (node, version);
+	if (!Profile->get_livetrax()) {
+		Tabbable::set_state (node, version);
+	}
 
 	samplepos_t ph_pos;
 	if (_session && node.get_property ("playhead", ph_pos)) {
@@ -2754,7 +2756,9 @@ Editor::get_state () const
 
 	node->set_property ("id", id().to_s ());
 
-	node->add_child_nocopy (Tabbable::get_state());
+	if (!Profile->get_livetrax()) {
+		node->add_child_nocopy (Tabbable::get_state());
+	}
 
 	node->set_property("edit-horizontal-pane-pos", edit_pane.get_divider ());
 	node->set_property("notebook-shrunk", _notebook_shrunk);
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/mixer_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/mixer_ui.cc
index b9f53f7ea5..c0ca9d3281 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/mixer_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/mixer_ui.cc
@@ -2560,7 +2560,9 @@ Mixer_UI::set_state (const XMLNode& node, int version)
 {
 	bool yn;
 
-	Tabbable::set_state (node, version);
+	if (!Profile->get_livetrax()) {
+		Tabbable::set_state (node, version);
+	}
 
 	if (node.get_property ("narrow-strips", yn)) {
 		if (yn) {
@@ -2704,7 +2706,9 @@ Mixer_UI::get_state () const
 {
 	XMLNode* node = new XMLNode (X_("Mixer"));
 
-	node->add_child_nocopy (Tabbable::get_state());
+	if (!Profile->get_livetrax()) {
+		node->add_child_nocopy (Tabbable::get_state());
+	}
 
 	node->set_property (X_("mixer-rhs-pane1-pos"), rhs_pane1.get_divider());
 	node->set_property (X_("mixer-rhs_pane2-pos"), rhs_pane2.get_divider());