diff --git a/src/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/nodes/PText.java b/src/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/nodes/PText.java
index 20f485b..8a6ed94 100644
--- a/src/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/nodes/PText.java
+++ b/src/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/nodes/PText.java
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@
 			
 			if (constrainWidthToTextWidth) {
 				newWidth = textWidth;
-				newHeight = textHeight;
 			}
 			
 			if (constrainHeightToTextHeight) {