diff --git a/src/Cursor.cpp b/src/Cursor.cpp
index 86359ce8c9..397331f7a6 100644
--- a/src/Cursor.cpp
+++ b/src/Cursor.cpp
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ bool notifyCursorLeaves(Cursor const & old, Cursor & cur)
 	    && !cur.buffer().isClean()
 	    && cur.inTexted() && old.inTexted()
 	    && cur.pit() != old.pit()) {
-		old.paragraph().updateWords(old.buffer(), old.top());
+		old.paragraph().updateWords(old.top());
 		return false;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/Text.cpp b/src/Text.cpp
index 2a7942a607..5e18d6f185 100644
--- a/src/Text.cpp
+++ b/src/Text.cpp
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ void Text::charInserted(Cursor & cur)
 	    && !par.isLetter(cur.pos() - 1)) {
 		// get the word in front of cursor
 		BOOST_ASSERT(this == cur.text());
-		cur.paragraph().updateWords(cur.buffer(), cur.top());
+		cur.paragraph().updateWords(cur.top());
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ bool Text::read(Buffer const & buf, Lexer & lex,
 			// register the words in the global word list
 			CursorSlice sl = CursorSlice(*insetPtr);
 			sl.pit() = pars_.size() - 1;
-			pars_.back().updateWords(buf, sl);
+			pars_.back().updateWords(sl);
 		} else if (token == "\\begin_deeper") {
 			++depth;
 		} else if (token == "\\end_deeper") {