diff --git a/web/react/components/posts_view_container.jsx b/web/react/components/posts_view_container.jsx
index 7616646024..6cdf694021 100644
--- a/web/react/components/posts_view_container.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/posts_view_container.jsx
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ export default class PostsViewContainer extends React.Component {
         const channels = this.state.channels.slice();
         const channelId = ChannelStore.getCurrentId();
 
-        // Has the channel really changed?
-        if (channelId === channels[this.state.currentChannelIndex]) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         PostStore.clearUnseenDeletedPosts(channelId);
 
         let lastViewed = Number.MAX_VALUE;