diff --git a/tvtk/pyface/ui/qt4/decorated_scene.py b/tvtk/pyface/ui/qt4/decorated_scene.py
index b4994d9e..a2d6f608 100644
--- a/tvtk/pyface/ui/qt4/decorated_scene.py
+++ b/tvtk/pyface/ui/qt4/decorated_scene.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def _setup_axes_marker(self):
     def _get_tool_bar_manager(self):
         """ Returns the tool_bar_manager for this scene.
         """
-        tbm = ToolBarManager( *self.actions )
+        tbm = ToolBarManager( *self.actions, show_tool_names=False)
         return tbm