diff --git a/modules/ui/panels/background.js b/modules/ui/panels/background.js
index d1e80e4ac..3faea68ac 100644
--- a/modules/ui/panels/background.js
+++ b/modules/ui/panels/background.js
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ export function uiPanelBackground(context) {
 
 
     function redraw(selection) {
-        if (d3.selectAll('.infobox.hide').size()) return;   // infobox is hidden
-
         if (currSource !== background.baseLayerSource().name()) {
             currSource = background.baseLayerSource().name();
             currZoom = '';
diff --git a/modules/ui/panels/history.js b/modules/ui/panels/history.js
index e5bea1d95..f6595c77f 100644
--- a/modules/ui/panels/history.js
+++ b/modules/ui/panels/history.js
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ export function uiPanelHistory(context) {
 
 
     function redraw(selection) {
-        if (d3.selectAll('.infobox.hide').size()) return;   // infobox is hidden
-
         var selected = _.filter(context.selectedIDs(), function(e) { return context.hasEntity(e); }),
             singular = selected.length === 1 ? selected[0] : null;
 
@@ -137,7 +135,6 @@ export function uiPanelHistory(context) {
     }
 
 
-
     var panel = function(selection) {
         selection.call(redraw);
 
diff --git a/modules/ui/panels/location.js b/modules/ui/panels/location.js
index ffb4c9b0a..054cb6079 100644
--- a/modules/ui/panels/location.js
+++ b/modules/ui/panels/location.js
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ export function uiPanelLocation(context) {
 
 
     function redraw(selection) {
-        if (d3.selectAll('.infobox.hide').size()) return;   // infobox is hidden
-
         selection.html('');
 
         var list = selection
diff --git a/modules/ui/panels/measurement.js b/modules/ui/panels/measurement.js
index 499ed29bf..5dd13005b 100644
--- a/modules/ui/panels/measurement.js
+++ b/modules/ui/panels/measurement.js
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ export function uiPanelMeasurement(context) {
 
 
     function redraw(selection) {
-        if (d3.selectAll('.infobox.hide').size()) return;   // infobox is hidden
-
         var resolver = context.graph(),
             selected = _.filter(context.selectedIDs(), function(e) { return context.hasEntity(e); }),
             singular = selected.length === 1 ? selected[0] : null,
@@ -211,7 +209,6 @@ export function uiPanelMeasurement(context) {
     }
 
 
-
     var panel = function(selection) {
         selection.call(redraw);