diff --git a/src/app/components/basin-fieldset-container/basin-fieldset-container.component.ts b/src/app/components/basin-fieldset-container/basin-fieldset-container.component.ts
index 89d442b2819a60bdd8dc4b469903fc5e5d3bb076..82a8e845a96b40e4a650ae514dc9f52b003ad7f7 100644
--- a/src/app/components/basin-fieldset-container/basin-fieldset-container.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/basin-fieldset-container/basin-fieldset-container.component.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export class BasinFieldsetContainerComponent extends FieldsetContainerComponent
         // disable "add" button (and "how many children" select)
         this._fieldsetComponents.forEach(fs => {
             fs.showAddChildren = false;
+            fs.showMoveArrows = false;
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/components/field-set/field-set.component.html b/src/app/components/field-set/field-set.component.html
index a173e8411208d09b1647995b7f2327611525e6f9..88654611e535f4cf3834616084282c15d310ea6b 100644
--- a/src/app/components/field-set/field-set.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/field-set/field-set.component.html
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
                 [title]="uitextRemoveStructure">
                 <mat-icon>delete</mat-icon>
             </button>
-            <button type="button" mat-icon-button [disabled]="! enableUpButton" (click)="onMoveUpClick()"
+            <button *ngIf="showMoveArrows" type="button" mat-icon-button [disabled]="! enableUpButton" (click)="onMoveUpClick()"
                 [title]="uitextMoveStructureUp">
                 <mat-icon>arrow_upward</mat-icon>
             </button>
-            <button type="button" mat-icon-button [disabled]="! enableDownButton" (click)="onMoveDownClick()"
+            <button *ngIf="showMoveArrows" type="button" mat-icon-button [disabled]="! enableDownButton" (click)="onMoveDownClick()"
                 [title]="uitextMoveStructureDown">
                 <mat-icon>arrow_downward</mat-icon>
             </button>
diff --git a/src/app/components/field-set/field-set.component.ts b/src/app/components/field-set/field-set.component.ts
index 48cda9536a8643ec3fc08fbc349e3a639e946771..b2aba5f67a7429999ac58bd4da5d81123c63de45 100644
--- a/src/app/components/field-set/field-set.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/field-set/field-set.component.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ export class FieldSetComponent implements DoCheck {
     /** flag to show/hide "add" button (and "how many children" select */
     public showAddChildren: boolean = true;
 
+    /** flag to show/hide "move up" and "move down" buttons */
+    public showMoveArrows: boolean = true;
+
     @Input()
     public set fieldSet(fs: FieldSet) {
         this._fieldSet = fs;