diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9c088a46..b7d4035b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 	* src/global.c (length_of_list), src/winio.c(get_mouseinput): Don't
 	check whether a function has a help line, since all of them have.
 	(And even if some didn't, they would still be valid functions.)
+	* src/cut.c (cut_line): There is no need to set 'openfile->mark_begin'
+	just like that; it will be set when 'openfile->mark_set' becomes TRUE.
 
 2015-11-02  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/nano.h: Delete an unused type definition.
diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
index e26401de..c7dffbf7 100644
--- a/src/cut.c
+++ b/src/cut.c
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ inline bool keeping_cutbuffer(void)
  * current line. */
 void cut_line(void)
 {
-#ifndef NANO_TINY
-    if (!openfile->mark_begin)
-	openfile->mark_begin = openfile->current;
-#endif
-
     if (openfile->current != openfile->filebot)
 	move_to_filestruct(&cutbuffer, &cutbottom, openfile->current, 0,
 		openfile->current->next, 0);