diff --git a/static/js/click_handlers.js b/static/js/click_handlers.js
index 9e27249a7c..af1664b214 100644
--- a/static/js/click_handlers.js
+++ b/static/js/click_handlers.js
@@ -476,7 +476,6 @@ $(function () {
             // wrong.
             if (this.hasChildNodes()) {
                 this.innerText = this.innerText;
-                place_caret_at_end(this);
             }
         });