diff --git a/src/app/anchor.coffee b/src/app/anchor.coffee
index c5aee8862..305bde8de 100644
--- a/src/app/anchor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/anchor.coffee
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class Anchor
     @setScreenPosition(screenPosition, bufferChange: options.bufferChange, clip: false, assignBufferPosition: false)
 
   destroy: ->
+    @off()
     @editSession.removeAnchor(this)
 
 _.extend(Anchor.prototype, EventEmitter)