diff --git a/manuskript/ui/views/textEditView.py b/manuskript/ui/views/textEditView.py
index 82003875..755b6ebc 100644
--- a/manuskript/ui/views/textEditView.py
+++ b/manuskript/ui/views/textEditView.py
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ class textEditView(QTextEdit):
         self.setAcceptRichText(False)
         # When setting up a theme, this becomes true.
         self._fromTheme = False
-        # Sometimes we need to update index because item has changed its
-        # position, so we only have it's ID as reference. We store it to
-        # update at the propper time.
-        self._updateIndexFromID = None
         self._themeData = None
         self._highlighterClass = BasicHighlighter
 
@@ -258,13 +254,6 @@ class textEditView(QTextEdit):
         if self._updating:
             return
 
-        if self._updateIndexFromID:
-            # We have to update to a new index
-            index = self._index.model().getIndexByID(self._updateIndexFromID,
-                                                     self._column)
-            self._index = QPersistentModelIndex(index)
-            self._updateIndexFromID = None
-
         if self._index and self._index.isValid():
 
             if topLeft.parent() != self._index.parent():