diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js
index 92a9859d95..f758d5c93c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ export default function compose(state = initialState, action) {
     });
   case COMPOSE_SPOILERNESS_CHANGE:
     return state.withMutations(map => {
-      map.set('spoiler_text', '');
       map.set('spoiler', !state.get('spoiler'));
       map.set('idempotencyKey', uuid());