diff --git a/src/editor-component.coffee b/src/editor-component.coffee
index 3b9b76bfc..77d79b6ed 100644
--- a/src/editor-component.coffee
+++ b/src/editor-component.coffee
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ EditorComponent = React.createClass
     @subscribe editor, 'decoration-added', @onDecorationChanged
     @subscribe editor, 'decoration-removed', @onDecorationChanged
     @subscribe editor, 'decoration-changed', @onDecorationChanged
-    @subscribe editor, 'decoration-updated', @onDecorationChanged
     @subscribe editor, 'character-widths-changed', @onCharacterWidthsChanged
     @subscribe editor.$scrollTop.changes, @onScrollTopChanged
     @subscribe editor.$scrollLeft.changes, @requestUpdate
diff --git a/src/editor.coffee b/src/editor.coffee
index 2c1e5ec3c..10475a0c2 100644
--- a/src/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/editor.coffee
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ class Editor extends Model
     @subscribe @displayBuffer, "decoration-added", (args...) => @emit 'decoration-added', args...
     @subscribe @displayBuffer, "decoration-removed", (args...) => @emit 'decoration-removed', args...
     @subscribe @displayBuffer, "decoration-changed", (args...) => @emit 'decoration-changed', args...
-    @subscribe @displayBuffer, "decoration-updated", (args...) => @emit 'decoration-updated', args...
     @subscribe @displayBuffer, "character-widths-changed", (changeCount) => @emit 'character-widths-changed', changeCount
 
   getViewClass: ->
@@ -1112,10 +1111,6 @@ class Editor extends Model
   addDecorationForMarker: (marker, decoration) ->
     @displayBuffer.addDecorationForMarker(marker, decoration)
 
-  #
-  updateDecorationForMarker: (marker, decorationPattern, newDecoration) ->
-    @displayBuffer.updateDecorationForMarker(marker, decorationPattern, newDecoration)
-
   # Public: Removes all decorations associated with a {Marker} that match a
   # `decorationPattern` and stop tracking the {Marker}.
   #