diff --git a/src/text-editor-component.js b/src/text-editor-component.js
index da62af98c..fe3eb15c3 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-component.js
+++ b/src/text-editor-component.js
@@ -3453,12 +3453,7 @@ class LinesTileComponent {
             textNodesByScreenLineId
           })
           this.element.insertBefore(newScreenLineComponent.element, oldScreenLineComponent.element)
-          // Instead of calling destroy on the component here we can simply
-          // remove its associated element, thus skipping the
-          // lineNodesByScreenLineId bookkeeping. This is possible because
-          // lineNodesByScreenLineId has already been updated when creating the
-          // new screen line component.
-          oldScreenLineComponent.element.remove()
+          oldScreenLineComponent.destroy()
           this.lineComponents[lineComponentIndex] = newScreenLineComponent
 
           oldScreenLineIndex++