diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp
index f01500b6d46..c4a64adf8f5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ void DragTool::dragEnterEvent(const QList<QGraphicsItem *> &/*itemList*/, QGraph
         }
 
         if (!m_rewriterTransaction.isValid()) {
-            view()->clearSelectedModelNodes();
             m_rewriterTransaction = view()->beginRewriterTransaction(QByteArrayLiteral("DragTool::dragEnterEvent"));
         }
     }