diff --git a/common/settings/app_settings.cpp b/common/settings/app_settings.cpp
index e22795f7e3..711dce7911 100644
--- a/common/settings/app_settings.cpp
+++ b/common/settings/app_settings.cpp
@@ -378,28 +378,41 @@ void APP_SETTINGS_BASE::addParamsForWindow( WINDOW_SETTINGS* aWindow, const std:
 
 const std::vector<wxString> APP_SETTINGS_BASE::DefaultGridSizeList() const
 {
-    return { "1000 mil",
-             "500 mil",
-             "250 mil",
-             "200 mil",
-             "100 mil",
-             "50 mil",
-             "25 mil",
-             "20 mil",
-             "10 mil",
-             "5 mil",
-             "2 mil",
-             "1 mil",
-             "5.0 mm",
-             "2.5 mm",
-             "1.0 mm",
-             "0.5 mm",
-             "0.25 mm",
-             "0.2 mm",
-             "0.1 mm",
-             "0.05 mm",
-             "0.025 mm",
-             "0.01 mm" };
+    if( m_filename == "eeschema" || m_filename == "symbol_editor" )
+    {
+        return { "100 mil",
+                 "50 mil",
+                 "25 mil",
+                 "10 mil",
+                 "5 mil",
+                 "2 mil",
+                 "1 mil" };
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return { "1000 mil",
+                 "500 mil",
+                 "250 mil",
+                 "200 mil",
+                 "100 mil",
+                 "50 mil",
+                 "25 mil",
+                 "20 mil",
+                 "10 mil",
+                 "5 mil",
+                 "2 mil",
+                 "1 mil",
+                 "5.0 mm",
+                 "2.5 mm",
+                 "1.0 mm",
+                 "0.5 mm",
+                 "0.25 mm",
+                 "0.2 mm",
+                 "0.1 mm",
+                 "0.05 mm",
+                 "0.025 mm",
+                 "0.01 mm" };
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/include/settings/app_settings.h b/include/settings/app_settings.h
index 0b484ee588..197d0b9d9b 100644
--- a/include/settings/app_settings.h
+++ b/include/settings/app_settings.h
@@ -167,13 +167,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool MigrateFromLegacy( wxConfigBase* aCfg ) override;
 
-    /**
-     * By default, this returns the list of grids available in PcbNew-based applications.
-     * Eeschema does not allow customization of the grid.  If it ever does, override this in
-     * Eeschema settings to provide a different set of defaults.
-     * @return a default value for the window.grid.sizes parameter
-     */
-    virtual const std::vector<wxString> DefaultGridSizeList() const;
+    const std::vector<wxString> DefaultGridSizeList() const;
 
 public:
     CROSS_PROBING_SETTINGS m_CrossProbing;