diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/attachments.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/attachments.js
index 4b2ebb180e..a1e32e2ac8 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/attachments.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/attachments.js
@@ -484,7 +484,6 @@ Zotero.Attachments = new function(){
 				// Chain fulltext indexer inside the charset callback,
 				// since it's asynchronous and a prerequisite
 				Zotero.Fulltext.indexDocument(browser.contentDocument, itemID);
-				Zotero.Browser.deleteHiddenBrowser(browser);
 			}
 		}, itemID);