diff --git a/js/id/ui/inspector.js b/js/id/ui/inspector.js
index dad764670..43498869f 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/inspector.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/inspector.js
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
 iD.ui.Inspector = function(context, entity) {
     var tagEditor,
-        id = entity.id,
         newFeature = false;
 
-    function changeTags(tags) {
-        var entity = context.hasEntity(id);
-        if (entity && !_.isEqual(entity.tags, tags)) {
-            context.perform(
-                iD.actions.ChangeTags(entity.id, tags),
-                t('operations.change_tags.annotation'));
-        }
-    }
-
     function browse() {
         context.enter(iD.modes.Browse(context));
     }
@@ -54,7 +44,6 @@ iD.ui.Inspector = function(context, entity) {
             });
 
         tagEditor = iD.ui.TagEditor(context, entity)
-            .on('changeTags', changeTags)
             .on('close', browse)
             .on('choose', function(preset) {
                 var right = panewrap.style('right').indexOf('%') > 0 ?
diff --git a/js/id/ui/tag_editor.js b/js/id/ui/tag_editor.js
index 504bd44f9..9c7f9db5a 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/tag_editor.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/tag_editor.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 iD.ui.TagEditor = function(context, entity) {
-    var event = d3.dispatch('changeTags', 'choose', 'close'),
+    var event = d3.dispatch('choose', 'close'),
         presets = context.presets(),
         id = entity.id,
         tags = _.clone(entity.tags),
@@ -121,7 +121,12 @@ iD.ui.TagEditor = function(context, entity) {
 
     function changeTags(changed) {
         tags = clean(_.extend(tags, changed));
-        event.changeTags(_.clone(tags));
+        var entity = context.hasEntity(id);
+        if (entity && !_.isEqual(entity.tags, tags)) {
+            context.perform(
+                iD.actions.ChangeTags(entity.id, tags),
+                t('operations.change_tags.annotation'));
+        }
     }
 
     tageditor.close = function() {