diff --git a/GUI/View/Setup/MaskEditorToolpanel.cpp b/GUI/View/Setup/MaskEditorToolpanel.cpp
index c30334894f662bbe5f9a47171b1051867809e6e0..cd28a96b60f730d735e5ec6e90960d27f9be24fa 100644
--- a/GUI/View/Setup/MaskEditorToolpanel.cpp
+++ b/GUI/View/Setup/MaskEditorToolpanel.cpp
@@ -144,16 +144,9 @@ void MaskEditorToolpanel::setCurrentMaskItem(MaskItem* maskItem)
     GUI::Util::Layout::clearLayout(m_editor_layout);
 
     m_currentMaskItem = maskItem;
-
-    createMaskEditorUI();
-}
-
-void MaskEditorToolpanel::createMaskEditorUI()
-{
     if (!m_currentMaskItem)
         return;
 
-    auto* maskItem = m_currentMaskItem; // shorthand
     // -- mask value (only if not RoI)
     if (!dynamic_cast<RegionOfInterestItem*>(maskItem)) {
         const auto maskValueGetter = [maskItem] { return maskItem->maskValue(); };
diff --git a/GUI/View/Setup/MaskEditorToolpanel.h b/GUI/View/Setup/MaskEditorToolpanel.h
index 9bee5a827801f7d18c721a819f9b74425d5cc224..245378c29f041ba0c8353348d81334befb4f3c40 100644
--- a/GUI/View/Setup/MaskEditorToolpanel.h
+++ b/GUI/View/Setup/MaskEditorToolpanel.h
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ private:
     void addMaskCheckBox(const QString& title, std::function<bool()> getter,
                          std::function<void(bool)> setter);
 
-    //! Creates the UI to edit the current mask's properties
-    void createMaskEditorUI();
-
     QListView* m_listView;
     MaskContainerModel* m_maskContainerModel;
     QFormLayout* m_editor_layout;