diff --git a/common/widgets/layer_box_selector.cpp b/common/widgets/layer_box_selector.cpp
index da19b8665b..d99a07c618 100644
--- a/common/widgets/layer_box_selector.cpp
+++ b/common/widgets/layer_box_selector.cpp
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ LAYER_BOX_SELECTOR::LAYER_BOX_SELECTOR( wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id, const w
         wxBitmapComboBox( parent, id, wxEmptyString, pos, size, n, choices, wxCB_READONLY ),
         LAYER_SELECTOR()
 {
-    if( choices != nullptr )
-        ResyncBitmapOnly();
-
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
     GetParent()->Connect( wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK, wxKeyEventHandler( LAYER_BOX_SELECTOR::onKeyDown ),
                           nullptr, this );
@@ -132,19 +129,6 @@ int LAYER_BOX_SELECTOR::SetLayerSelection( int layer )
 }
 
 
-void LAYER_BOX_SELECTOR::ResyncBitmapOnly()
-{
-    DPI_SCALING_COMMON dpi( nullptr, this );
-    int size = static_cast<int>( dpi.GetScaleFactor() * 14 );
-
-    for( int i = 0; i < (int) GetCount(); ++i )
-    {
-        wxBitmap layerbmp( size, size );
-        DrawColorSwatch( layerbmp, getLayerColor( LAYER_PCB_BACKGROUND ), getLayerColor( i ) );
-    }
-}
-
-
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
 
 void LAYER_BOX_SELECTOR::onKeyDown( wxKeyEvent& aEvent )
diff --git a/gerbview/widgets/gerbview_layer_widget.cpp b/gerbview/widgets/gerbview_layer_widget.cpp
index d5d38286f7..b8ec42f572 100644
--- a/gerbview/widgets/gerbview_layer_widget.cpp
+++ b/gerbview/widgets/gerbview_layer_widget.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ void GERBER_LAYER_WIDGET::OnLayerColorChange( int aLayer, const COLOR4D& aColor
     // NOTE: Active layer in GerbView is stored as 0-indexed, but layer color is
     //       stored according to the GERBER_DRAW_LAYER() offset.
     m_frame->SetLayerColor( GERBER_DRAW_LAYER( aLayer ), aColor );
-    m_frame->m_SelLayerBox->ResyncBitmapOnly();
 
     KIGFX::VIEW* view = m_frame->GetCanvas()->GetView();
     COLOR_SETTINGS* color_settings = m_frame->GetColorSettings();
diff --git a/include/widgets/layer_box_selector.h b/include/widgets/layer_box_selector.h
index 9d8be8f35c..e275bd1bcc 100644
--- a/include/widgets/layer_box_selector.h
+++ b/include/widgets/layer_box_selector.h
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ public:
     // Virtual pure function because GerbView uses its own functions in a derived class
     virtual void Resync() = 0;
 
-    // Reload the Layers bitmaps colors
-    void ResyncBitmapOnly();
-
 private:
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
     void onKeyDown( wxKeyEvent& aEvent );