diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.cpp
index 26a24b3753..0510478a6e 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ void SortingProxyModel::set_key_column_and_sort_order(int column, SortOrder sort
 
 void SortingProxyModel::resort(unsigned flags)
 {
-    TemporaryChange change(m_sorting, true);
     auto old_row_mappings = m_row_mappings;
     int row_count = source().row_count();
     m_row_mappings.resize(row_count);
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.h b/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.h
index 19231ccf09..e3b83025b2 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ private:
     SortOrder m_sort_order { SortOrder::Ascending };
     Role m_sort_role { Role::Sort };
     bool m_sorting_case_sensitive { false };
-    bool m_sorting { false };
 };
 
 }