diff --git a/src/selection.coffee b/src/selection.coffee
index b90bb6854..7f77ad6c0 100644
--- a/src/selection.coffee
+++ b/src/selection.coffee
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ class Selection extends Model
   #   * `undo` if `skip`, skips the undo stack for this operation.
   insertText: (text, options={}) ->
     oldBufferRange = @getBufferRange()
-    @editor.unfoldBufferRow(oldBufferRange.end.row)
     wasReversed = @isReversed()
     @clear()