diff -Nuard epiphany-1.0.orig/src/ephy-notebook.c epiphany-1.0/src/ephy-notebook.c
--- epiphany-1.0.orig/src/ephy-notebook.c	2003-08-06 11:47:55.000000000 +0200
+++ epiphany-1.0/src/ephy-notebook.c	2003-09-16 15:49:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -696,8 +696,8 @@
 static void
 update_tabs_visibility (EphyNotebook *nb, gboolean before_inserting)
 {
-	gboolean show_tabs;
-	guint num;
+	gboolean show_tabs = FALSE;
+	guint num = 0;
 
 	num = gtk_notebook_get_n_pages (GTK_NOTEBOOK (nb));
 
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@
 
 	show_tabs = (eel_gconf_get_boolean (CONF_TABS_TABBED) || num > 1) &&
 		    nb->priv->show_tabs == TRUE;
+		    
+	if (num < 2) show_tabs = FALSE;
 
 	gtk_notebook_set_show_tabs (GTK_NOTEBOOK (nb), show_tabs);
 }