diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 71f8648d23..64c883b7f6 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -2168,7 +2168,6 @@ void Application::updateMouseVoxels(float deltaTime, glm::vec3& mouseRayOrigin,
 
     _mouseVoxel.s = 0.0f;
     bool wasInitialized = _mouseVoxelScaleInitialized;
-    _mouseVoxelScaleInitialized = false;
     if (Menu::getInstance()->isVoxelModeActionChecked() &&
         (fabs(_myAvatar.getVelocity().x) +
          fabs(_myAvatar.getVelocity().y) +