diff --git a/crates/editor/src/split.rs b/crates/editor/src/split.rs
index 8f7ef224c5338851373724a1c4b794757fc154a5..39c450fb9598f76909ea8e210bebdce44982a034 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/split.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/split.rs
@@ -583,8 +583,13 @@ impl SplittableEditor {
         };
         let project = workspace.read(cx).project().clone();
 
+        let is_rhs_singleton = self.rhs_multibuffer.read(cx).is_singleton();
         let lhs_multibuffer = cx.new(|cx| {
-            let mut multibuffer = MultiBuffer::new(Capability::ReadOnly);
+            let mut multibuffer = if is_rhs_singleton {
+                MultiBuffer::without_headers(Capability::ReadOnly)
+            } else {
+                MultiBuffer::new(Capability::ReadOnly)
+            };
             multibuffer.set_all_diff_hunks_expanded(cx);
             multibuffer
         });