diff --git a/static/painter.js b/static/painter.js
index 2e9b067..4bdfa94 100644
--- a/static/painter.js
+++ b/static/painter.js
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ export function selfController(interactionQueue, wall, layer, event) {
             if (renderArea != null) {
                 let numChunksToRender = numChunksInRectangle(renderArea, layer.chunkSize);
                 let result = renderToChunksInArea(layer, renderArea, renderToPixmap);
-                if (!layer.canFitNewChunks(numChunksToRender)) {
-                    console.debug("too many chunks rendered; committing interaction early");
-                    event.earlyCommitInteraction();
-                }
                 return result;
             } else {
                 console.debug("render area is empty, nothing will be rendered");