diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
index 739b245aeda..10deca2eb28 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ QList<QmlItemNode> toQmlItemNodeList(const QList<ModelNode> &modelNodeList)
     QList<QmlItemNode> qmlItemNodeList;
 
     foreach (const ModelNode &modelNode, modelNodeList) {
-        if (QmlItemNode::isValidQmlItemNode(modelNode))
             qmlItemNodeList.append(modelNode);
     }