diff --git a/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee b/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee
index 7ca810cba..7d060f367 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee
@@ -943,7 +943,6 @@ class TextEditorPresenter
       @emitDidUpdateState()
 
   setScrollingTileId: (tileId) ->
-    tileId = tileId.toString()
     if @scrollingTileId isnt tileId
       @scrollingTileId = tileId
       @didStartScrolling()