diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/internal/quickaccess/QuickAccessContents.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/internal/quickaccess/QuickAccessContents.java
index f9f72e807b7..ee2fdc14dd9 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/internal/quickaccess/QuickAccessContents.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/internal/quickaccess/QuickAccessContents.java	
@@ -281,6 +281,16 @@ private void refreshTable(QuickAccessElement perfectMatch, List<QuickAccessEntry
 		if (table.getItemCount() > entries.length && table.getItemCount() - entries.length > 20) {
 			table.removeAll();
 		}
+		int count = 0;
+		for (List<QuickAccessEntry> list : entries) {
+			System.out.println("---"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			for (QuickAccessEntry entry : list) {
+				System.out.println(entry.getLabel());
+			}
+			if (count++ >= 2) {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
 		TableItem[] items = table.getItems();
 		int selectionIndex = -1;
 		int index = 0;
@@ -530,6 +540,14 @@ public IStatus runInUIThread(IProgressMonitor monitor) {
 					QuickAccessEntry.MATCH_PERFECT)));
 		}
 		res.addAll(entriesPerProvider.values());
+
+		// if one category provides the same single entry like "previous", we can avoid
+		// showing the duplicate second list
+		if (res.size() >= 2 && res.get(0).size() == 1 && res.get(1).size() == 1
+				&& (res.get(0).get(0).element.equals(res.get(1).get(0).element))) {
+			res.remove(1);
+		}
+
 		return (List<QuickAccessEntry>[]) res.toArray(new List<?>[res.size()]);
 	}