diff --git a/src/text-editor-component.coffee b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
index 73b03ce88..2c3d6d823 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-component.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ class TextEditorComponent
     @scrollViewNode.classList.add('scroll-view')
     @domNode.appendChild(@scrollViewNode)
 
-    @mountGutterContainerComponent() if @presenter.getState().gutters.length
-
     @hiddenInputComponent = new InputComponent
     @scrollViewNode.appendChild(@hiddenInputComponent.getDomNode())