diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/plugin.xml b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/plugin.xml
index e6a7010df10..7ca513f50b3 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/plugin.xml
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/plugin.xml
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@
            />
      <tab
            class="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui.newui.BuilderSettingsTab"
+           icon="icons/obj16/build_settings.gif"
            name="Builder settings"
-           parent="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui.newui.PrefPage_NewCDTProject"
-           />
+           parent="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui.newui.PrefPage_NewCDTProject"/>
   </extension>   
 
       <extension
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/ui/newui/PrefPage_NewCDTProject.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/ui/newui/PrefPage_NewCDTProject.java
index ee899e2402e..ed97292de5d 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/ui/newui/PrefPage_NewCDTProject.java
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/ui/newui/PrefPage_NewCDTProject.java
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ public class PrefPage_NewCDTProject extends AbstractPrefPage {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	protected boolean needsHeader() { return true; }
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/AbstractPrefPage.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/AbstractPrefPage.java
index 33cbe7d8f3a..693c024269c 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/AbstractPrefPage.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/AbstractPrefPage.java
@@ -41,14 +41,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractPrefPage extends AbstractPage
 		compositeLayout.marginWidth = 0;
 		composite.setLayout( compositeLayout );
 		
-		Group configGroup = ControlFactory.createGroup(composite, EMPTY_STR, 1);
-		GridData gd = new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FILL);
-		gd.grabExcessHorizontalSpace = true;
-		configGroup.setLayoutData(gd);
-		titleLabel = ControlFactory.createLabel(configGroup, 
-				NewUIMessages.getResourceString("AbstractPrefPage.0") + //$NON-NLS-1$
-				NewUIMessages.getResourceString("AbstractPrefPage.1")); //$NON-NLS-1$
-		
+		if (needsHeader()) {
+			Group configGroup = ControlFactory.createGroup(composite, EMPTY_STR, 1);
+			GridData gd = new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FILL);
+			gd.grabExcessHorizontalSpace = true;
+			configGroup.setLayoutData(gd);
+			titleLabel = ControlFactory.createLabel(configGroup, 
+					NewUIMessages.getResourceString("AbstractPrefPage.0") + //$NON-NLS-1$
+					NewUIMessages.getResourceString("AbstractPrefPage.1")); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
 		createWidgets(composite);
     	return composite;
 	}
@@ -58,6 +59,5 @@ public abstract class AbstractPrefPage extends AbstractPage
 	public void init(IWorkbench workbench) {}
 	public ICResourceDescription getResDesc() { return null; }
 	public void performApply() { performOk(); }
-
-
+	abstract protected boolean needsHeader(); 
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PrefPage_Env.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PrefPage_Env.java
index e097d2e2ea2..efe89889ac1 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PrefPage_Env.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PrefPage_Env.java
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ public class PrefPage_Env extends AbstractPrefPage {
 		forEach(ICPropertyTab.OK, null);
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	protected boolean needsHeader() { return false;	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PrefPage_Vars.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PrefPage_Vars.java
index b492e6850fe..16809bc7d4a 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PrefPage_Vars.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/PrefPage_Vars.java
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package org.eclipse.cdt.ui.newui;
 public class PrefPage_Vars extends AbstractPrefPage {
 
 	protected boolean isSingle() { return true; }
+	protected boolean needsHeader() { return false; }
 
 	// Tabs themselves should save data 
 	public boolean performOk() {
 		forEach(ICPropertyTab.OK, null);
 		return true;
 	}
+
 }