diff --git a/src/apps/charactermap/UnicodeBlockView.cpp b/src/apps/charactermap/UnicodeBlockView.cpp
index 9f6e75c1d3..fd192afb00 100644
--- a/src/apps/charactermap/UnicodeBlockView.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/charactermap/UnicodeBlockView.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ UnicodeBlockView::UnicodeBlockView(const char* name)
 	fShowPrivateBlocks(false),
 	fShowContainedBlocksOnly(false)
 {
+	_CreateBlocks();
 }
 
 
@@ -79,22 +80,6 @@ UnicodeBlockView::IsShowingBlock(int32 blockIndex) const
 }
 
 
-void
-UnicodeBlockView::AttachedToWindow()
-{
-	// TODO: if we're calling this in the constructor, strange things happen
-	_CreateBlocks();
-}
-
-
-void
-UnicodeBlockView::DetachedFromWindow()
-{
-	MakeEmpty();
-	fBlocks.MakeEmpty();
-}
-
-
 void
 UnicodeBlockView::_UpdateBlocks()
 {
diff --git a/src/apps/charactermap/UnicodeBlockView.h b/src/apps/charactermap/UnicodeBlockView.h
index cb6f59273c..6bfedbc2a9 100644
--- a/src/apps/charactermap/UnicodeBlockView.h
+++ b/src/apps/charactermap/UnicodeBlockView.h
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ public:
 
 			bool			IsShowingBlock(int32 blockIndex) const;
 
-protected:
-	virtual	void			AttachedToWindow();
-	virtual	void			DetachedFromWindow();
-
 private:
 			void			_UpdateBlocks();
 			void			_CreateBlocks();