diff -urNp mc-4.8.18.orig/src/editor/editdraw.c mc-4.8.18/src/editor/editdraw.c
--- mc-4.8.18.orig/src/editor/editdraw.c	2016-05-07 15:42:52.000000000 +0000
+++ mc-4.8.18/src/editor/editdraw.c	2017-02-09 07:46:34.507641575 +0000
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 /* Toggles statusbar draw style */
 int simple_statusbar = 0;
 
-int visible_tabs = 1, visible_tws = 1;
+int visible_tabs = 0, visible_tws = 0;
 
 /*** file scope macro definitions ****************************************************************/