diff --git a/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Rendering/TextView.cs b/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Rendering/TextView.cs
index b895ad9a67..9f957512de 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Rendering/TextView.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Rendering/TextView.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Rendering
 			backgroundRenderers = new ObserveAddRemoveCollection<IBackgroundRenderer>(BackgroundRenderer_Added, BackgroundRenderer_Removed);
 			columnRulerRenderer = new ColumnRulerRenderer(this);
 			this.Options = new TextEditorOptions();
-			this.columnRulerRenderer.SetRuler(Options.ColumnRulerPosition, ColumnRulerPen);
 			
 			Debug.Assert(singleCharacterElementGenerator != null); // assert that the option change created the builtin element generators