diff --git a/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformBox.cpp b/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformBox.cpp
index c3e96f07dc..1f0925fc8e 100644
--- a/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformBox.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformBox.cpp
@@ -201,13 +201,11 @@ TransformBox::MouseOver(BPoint where)
 {
 	TransformToCanvas(where);
 
-	_SetState(_DragStateFor(where, ZoomLevel()));
 	fMousePos = where;
-	if (fCurrentState) {
-		fCurrentState->UpdateViewCursor(fView, fMousePos);
-		return true;
-	}
-	return false;
+	fCurrentState = _DragStateFor(where, ZoomLevel());
+	fCurrentState->UpdateViewCursor(fView, fMousePos);
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 
@@ -725,17 +723,3 @@ TransformBox::_NotifyDeleted() const
 	}
 }
 
-
-// #pragma mark -
-
-
-// _SetState
-void
-TransformBox::_SetState(DragState* state)
-{
-	if (state != fCurrentState) {
-		fCurrentState = state;
-		fCurrentState->UpdateViewCursor(fView, fMousePos);
-	}
-}
-
diff --git a/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformBox.h b/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformBox.h
index 140c3c9a49..3af867be45 100644
--- a/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformBox.h
+++ b/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformBox.h
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ class TransformBox : public ChannelTransform,
 			void				_NotifyDeleted() const;
 
 			// "static" state objects
-			void				_SetState(DragState* state);
-
 			StateView*			fView;
 
 			DragState*			fDragLTState;