diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Widget.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Widget.cpp
index bbbeb1bf51..7f32b79e08 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Widget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Widget.cpp
@@ -1193,12 +1193,11 @@ bool Widget::has_focus_within() const
     return window->focused_widget() == &effective_focus_widget || is_ancestor_of(*window->focused_widget());
 }
 
-void Widget::set_shrink_to_fit(bool b)
+void Widget::set_shrink_to_fit(bool shrink_to_fit)
 {
-    if (m_shrink_to_fit == b)
-        return;
-    m_shrink_to_fit = b;
-    invalidate_layout();
+    // This function is deprecated, and soon to be removed, it is only still here to ease the transition to UIDimensions
+    if (shrink_to_fit)
+        set_preferred_size(SpecialDimension::Fit);
 }
 
 bool Widget::has_pending_drop() const
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Widget.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Widget.h
index 95c46661cd..6a49f2153b 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Widget.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Widget.h
@@ -312,8 +312,9 @@ public:
     bool load_from_gml(StringView);
     bool load_from_gml(StringView, RefPtr<Core::Object> (*unregistered_child_handler)(String const&));
 
+    // FIXME: remove this when all uses of shrink_to_fit are eliminated
     void set_shrink_to_fit(bool);
-    bool is_shrink_to_fit() const { return m_shrink_to_fit; }
+    bool is_shrink_to_fit() const { return preferred_width().is_shrink() || preferred_height().is_shrink(); }
 
     bool has_pending_drop() const;
 
@@ -402,7 +403,6 @@ private:
     bool m_updates_enabled { true };
     bool m_accepts_emoji_input { false };
     bool m_accepts_command_palette { true };
-    bool m_shrink_to_fit { false };
     bool m_default_font { true };
 
     NonnullRefPtr<Gfx::PaletteImpl> m_palette;