diff --git a/modules/ui/raw_member_editor.js b/modules/ui/raw_member_editor.js
index 3188a9854..656227c79 100644
--- a/modules/ui/raw_member_editor.js
+++ b/modules/ui/raw_member_editor.js
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ export function uiRawMemberEditor(context) {
     function selectMember(d) {
         d3_event.preventDefault();
 
+        // remove the hover-highlight styling
+        utilHighlightEntity(d.id, false, context);
+
         var entity = context.entity(d.id);
         var mapExtent = context.map().extent();
         if (!entity.intersects(mapExtent, context.graph())) {
diff --git a/modules/ui/raw_membership_editor.js b/modules/ui/raw_membership_editor.js
index 90a09cf75..123907bb7 100644
--- a/modules/ui/raw_membership_editor.js
+++ b/modules/ui/raw_membership_editor.js
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ export function uiRawMembershipEditor(context) {
 
     function selectRelation(d) {
         d3_event.preventDefault();
+
+        // remove the hover-highlight styling
+        utilHighlightEntity(d.relation.id, false, context);
+
         context.enter(modeSelect(context, [d.relation.id]));
     }