diff --git a/objdiff-gui/src/views/symbol_diff.rs b/objdiff-gui/src/views/symbol_diff.rs
index eed3bbd..2e8ca50 100644
--- a/objdiff-gui/src/views/symbol_diff.rs
+++ b/objdiff-gui/src/views/symbol_diff.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ impl DiffViewState {
                     // Ignore action if we're already navigating
                     return;
                 }
-                self.symbol_state.highlighted_symbol = (None, None);
                 let Ok(mut state) = state.write() else {
                     return;
                 };