diff --git a/collects/framework/private/scheme.ss b/collects/framework/private/scheme.ss
index 2404f4c5..d2b148ee 100644
--- a/collects/framework/private/scheme.ss
+++ b/collects/framework/private/scheme.ss
@@ -883,12 +883,10 @@
                forward-cache))]
           [define remove-sexp
             (lambda (start-pos)
-              (begin-edit-sequence)
               (let ([end-pos (get-forward-sexp start-pos)])
                 (if end-pos 
                     (kill 0 start-pos end-pos)
                     (bell)))
-              (end-edit-sequence)
               #t)]
           [define forward-sexp
             (lambda (start-pos)