diff --git a/crates/git_ui/src/project_diff.rs b/crates/git_ui/src/project_diff.rs
index 0b1c80888c2fae6a27a225ebbbd566e2343f4fbb..ad77a42bdb55fc570fc3dc56fc384efc38206955 100644
--- a/crates/git_ui/src/project_diff.rs
+++ b/crates/git_ui/src/project_diff.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ impl ProjectDiff {
         window: &mut Window,
         cx: &mut Context<Workspace>,
     ) {
-        workspace.open_panel::<GitPanel>(window, cx);
         Self::deploy_at(workspace, None, window, cx)
     }