diff --git a/src/main/frontend/state.cljs b/src/main/frontend/state.cljs
index 2eeab234b..cc51d49e5 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/state.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/state.cljs
@@ -1319,7 +1319,6 @@
   ([blocks]
    (exit-editing-and-set-selected-blocks! blocks :down))
   ([blocks direction]
-   (util/clear-selection!)
    (util/select-unhighlight! (dom/by-class "selected"))
    (clear-selection!)
    (clear-edit!)