diff --git a/src/editor-component.coffee b/src/editor-component.coffee
index 51a5d21f4..0246f57df 100644
--- a/src/editor-component.coffee
+++ b/src/editor-component.coffee
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ ScrollbarComponent = require './scrollbar-component'
 ScrollbarCornerComponent = require './scrollbar-corner-component'
 SubscriberMixin = require './subscriber-mixin'
 
-DummyHighlightDecoration = {id: 'dummy', startPixelPosition: {top: 0, left: 0}, endPixelPosition: {top: 0, left: 0}, decorations: [{class: 'dummy'}]}
-
 module.exports =
 EditorComponent = React.createClass
   displayName: 'EditorComponent'
@@ -346,11 +344,6 @@ EditorComponent = React.createClass
               decorations: []
             filteredDecorations[markerId].decorations.push decorationParams
 
-    # At least in Chromium 31, removing the last highlight causes a rendering
-    # artifact where chunks of the lines disappear, so we always leave this
-    # dummy highlight in place to prevent that.
-    filteredDecorations['dummy'] = DummyHighlightDecoration
-
     filteredDecorations
 
   observeEditor: ->