diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
index 21d1ffadf22..e7d3e0a23d5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
@@ -450,7 +450,6 @@ void QmlDesignerPlugin::activateAutoSynchronization()
     if (!currentDesignDocument()->isDocumentLoaded())
         currentDesignDocument()->loadDocument(currentDesignDocument()->plainTextEdit());
 
-    currentDesignDocument()->updateActiveTarget();
     currentDesignDocument()->updateActiveTarget();
     d->mainWidget.enableWidgets();
     currentDesignDocument()->attachRewriterToModel();