diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp
index b2922bd80d9..b7a5ff220c1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ void DragTool::dragLeaveEvent(const QList<QGraphicsItem*> &/*itemList*/, QGraphi
 
         m_rewriterTransaction.commit();
 
-        view()->clearSelectedModelNodes();
         view()->changeToSelectionTool();
     }
 }