diff --git a/src/CutAndPaste.cpp b/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
index 2e0ae40f0b..4914afb7cd 100644
--- a/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
+++ b/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ void pasteSelection(Cursor & cur, ErrorList & errorList)
 }
 
 
-void replaceSelectionWithString(Cursor & cur, docstring const & str, bool backwards)
+void replaceSelectionWithString(Cursor & cur, docstring const & str)
 {
 	cur.recordUndo();
 	DocIterator selbeg = cur.selectionBegin();
@@ -1130,13 +1130,6 @@ void replaceSelectionWithString(Cursor & cur, docstring const & str, bool backwa
 
 	// Cut the selection
 	cutSelection(cur, true, false);
-
-	// select the replacement
-	if (backwards) {
-		selbeg.pos() += str.length();
-		cur.setSelection(selbeg, -int(str.length()));
-	} else
-		cur.setSelection(selbeg, str.length());
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/CutAndPaste.h b/src/CutAndPaste.h
index abaad3728d..c5c7aa4334 100644
--- a/src/CutAndPaste.h
+++ b/src/CutAndPaste.h
@@ -41,12 +41,9 @@ docstring selection(size_t sel_index);
 
 /**
  * Replace using the font of the first selected character and select
- * the new string. When \c backwards == false, set anchor before
- * cursor; otherwise set cursor before anchor.
- * Does handle undo.
+ * the new string. Does handle undo.
  */
-void replaceSelectionWithString(Cursor & cur, docstring const & str,
-				bool backwards);
+void replaceSelectionWithString(Cursor & cur, docstring const & str);
 /// If a selection exists, delete it without pushing it to the cut buffer.
 /// Does handle undo.
 void replaceSelection(Cursor & cur);
diff --git a/src/lyxfind.cpp b/src/lyxfind.cpp
index f90e530d82..73f6469754 100644
--- a/src/lyxfind.cpp
+++ b/src/lyxfind.cpp
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ pair<bool, int> replaceOne(BufferView * bv, docstring searchstr,
 	if (bv->buffer().isReadonly())
 		return pair<bool, int>(false, 0);
 
-	cap::replaceSelectionWithString(cur, replacestr, forward);
+	cap::replaceSelectionWithString(cur, replacestr);
 	if (forward) {
 		cur.pos() += replacestr.length();
 		LASSERT(cur.pos() <= cur.lastpos(), /* */);