diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua
index 1182a743a..d9618f1c8 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua
@@ -226,9 +226,6 @@ end
 
 function ReaderZooming:genSetZoomModeCallBack(mode)
 	return function()
-		-- toggle scroll mode on when zooming to content* and toggle scrool
-		-- mode off when zooming to page*.
-		self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("ToggleScrollMode", mode:find("content")))
 		self:setZoomMode(mode)
 	end
 end