diff --git a/soitool/inline_editable_soi_view.py b/soitool/inline_editable_soi_view.py
index 7ee6ced4e395de785bec2b616653e98a23d370f8..d78daf25ff79b48b70256260c34c2469876872e4 100644
--- a/soitool/inline_editable_soi_view.py
+++ b/soitool/inline_editable_soi_view.py
@@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ class InlineEditableSOIView(QScrollArea):
         # Necessary to make the scroll area fill the space it's given
         self.setWidgetResizable(True)
 
-        self.zoom_level = 1
-
         # Scene and view widgets
         self.scene = QGraphicsScene()
         self.setup_scene()