diff --git a/src/BufferView.cpp b/src/BufferView.cpp
index 70d81567c1..67aa4944f6 100644
--- a/src/BufferView.cpp
+++ b/src/BufferView.cpp
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ Inset const * BufferView::mathContextMenu(InsetMathNest const * inset,
 }
 
 
-void BufferView::scrollDocView(int const pixels, bool update)
+void BufferView::scrollDocView(int const pixels)
 {
 	// The scrollbar values are relative to the top of the screen, therefore the
 	// offset is equal to the target value.
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ void BufferView::scrollDocView(int const pixels, bool update)
 	// cut off at the top
 	if (pixels <= d->scrollbarParameters_.min) {
 		DocIterator dit = doc_iterator_begin(&buffer_);
-		showCursor(dit, SCROLL_VISIBLE, update);
+		showCursor(dit, SCROLL_VISIBLE);
 		LYXERR(Debug::SCROLLING, "scroll to top");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ void BufferView::scrollDocView(int const pixels, bool update)
 	if (pixels >= d->scrollbarParameters_.max) {
 		DocIterator dit = doc_iterator_end(&buffer_);
 		dit.backwardPos();
-		showCursor(dit, SCROLL_VISIBLE, update);
+		showCursor(dit, SCROLL_VISIBLE);
 		LYXERR(Debug::SCROLLING, "scroll to bottom");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -814,14 +814,14 @@ void BufferView::scrollDocView(int const pixels, bool update)
 		// It seems we didn't find the correct pit so stay on the safe side and
 		// scroll to bottom.
 		LYXERR0("scrolling position not found!");
-		scrollDocView(d->scrollbarParameters_.max, update);
+		scrollDocView(d->scrollbarParameters_.max);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	DocIterator dit = doc_iterator_begin(&buffer_);
 	dit.pit() = i;
 	LYXERR(Debug::SCROLLING, "pixels = " << pixels << " -> scroll to pit " << i);
-	showCursor(dit, SCROLL_VISIBLE, update);
+	showCursor(dit, SCROLL_VISIBLE);
 }
 
 
@@ -1007,20 +1007,19 @@ int BufferView::workWidth() const
 
 void BufferView::recenter()
 {
-	showCursor(d->cursor_, SCROLL_CENTER, true);
+	showCursor(d->cursor_, SCROLL_CENTER);
 }
 
 
 void BufferView::showCursor()
 {
-	showCursor(d->cursor_, SCROLL_VISIBLE, true);
+	showCursor(d->cursor_, SCROLL_VISIBLE);
 }
 
 
-void BufferView::showCursor(DocIterator const & dit, ScrollType how,
-	bool update)
+void BufferView::showCursor(DocIterator const & dit, ScrollType how)
 {
-	if (scrollToCursor(dit, how) && update)
+	if (scrollToCursor(dit, how))
 		processUpdateFlags(Update::ForceDraw);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/BufferView.h b/src/BufferView.h
index bfd523aa57..0b9ade2f3b 100644
--- a/src/BufferView.h
+++ b/src/BufferView.h
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ public:
 	/// This method will automatically scroll and update the BufferView
 	/// (metrics+drawing) if needed.
 	/// \param how Use this scroll strategy
-	/// \param force If true, update screen after scrolling
-	void showCursor(DocIterator const & dit, ScrollType how, bool update);
+	void showCursor(DocIterator const & dit, ScrollType how);
 	/// Scroll to the cursor.
 	/// \param how Use this scroll strategy
 	/// \return true if screen was scrolled
@@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ public:
 	/// scroll document by the given number of pixels.
 	int scroll(int pixels);
 	/// Scroll the view by a number of pixels.
-	void scrollDocView(int pixels, bool update);
+	void scrollDocView(int pixels);
 	/// Set the cursor position based on the scrollbar one.
 	void setCursorFromScrollbar();
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/GuiWorkArea.cpp b/src/frontends/qt/GuiWorkArea.cpp
index 5c94f1e049..462fabda1e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/GuiWorkArea.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/GuiWorkArea.cpp
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ void GuiWorkArea::Private::updateScrollbar()
 void GuiWorkArea::scrollTo(int value)
 {
 	stopBlinkingCaret();
-	d->buffer_view_->scrollDocView(value, true);
+	d->buffer_view_->scrollDocView(value);
 
 	if (lyxrc.cursor_follows_scrollbar) {
 		d->buffer_view_->setCursorFromScrollbar();
@@ -959,9 +959,9 @@ void GuiWorkArea::generateSyntheticMouseEvent()
 	// Scroll
 	if (step <= 2 * wh) {
 		d->buffer_view_->scroll(up ? -step : step);
-		d->buffer_view_->updateMetrics();
+		d->buffer_view_->processUpdateFlags(Update::ForceDraw);
 	} else {
-		d->buffer_view_->scrollDocView(value + (up ? -step : step), false);
+		d->buffer_view_->scrollDocView(value + (up ? -step : step));
 	}
 
 	// In which paragraph do we have to set the cursor ?