diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_tempodisplay.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_tempodisplay.cc
index 611feb2af8..767d84d918 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_tempodisplay.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_tempodisplay.cc
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ Editor::tempo_curve_selected (TempoSection* ts, bool yn)
 {
 	for (Curves::iterator x = tempo_curves.begin(); x != tempo_curves.end(); ++x) {
 		if (&(*x)->tempo() == ts) {
-			(*x)->set_selected (yn);
 			if (yn) {
 				(*x)->set_color_rgba (UIConfiguration::instance().color ("location marker"));
 			} else {