diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/PointerTracker.java b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/PointerTracker.java
index 21ea03f30..f47dc3ea6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/PointerTracker.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/PointerTracker.java
@@ -1047,17 +1047,7 @@ public final class PointerTracker implements PointerTrackerQueue.Element,
         final boolean isInSlidingKeyInput = mIsInSlidingKeyInput;
         resetKeySelectionByDraggingFinger();
         mIsDetectingGesture = false;
-        final Key currentKey;
-        if (mKeyboardLayoutHasBeenChanged && mKeyboard.mId.isAlphabetKeyboard()) {
-            // this is called when keyboard was changed shortly before releasing the key
-            // e.g. when the input field is cleared and shift is set to auto right before pressing the key,
-            // then we want to get the current key, and not the key from the old keyboard (bug report in #994)
-            // the check for alphabet keyboard is to prevent this workaround from breaking LongPressSymbolsForNumpad (#1268)
-            currentKey = mKeyDetector.detectHitKey(x, y);
-            setReleasedKeyGraphics(mCurrentKey, true); // need to call this, otherwise preview popup will stay open
-        } else {
-            currentKey = mCurrentKey;
-        }
+        final Key currentKey = mCurrentKey;
         mCurrentKey = null;
         final int currentRepeatingKeyCode = mCurrentRepeatingKeyCode;
         mCurrentRepeatingKeyCode = Constants.NOT_A_CODE;