diff --git a/web/viewer.js b/web/viewer.js
index 77bbccff56427..976c9d33207d4 100644
--- a/web/viewer.js
+++ b/web/viewer.js
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ var PDFViewerApplication = {
   /** @type {PDFHistory} */
   pdfHistory: null,
   pageRotation: 0,
-  updateScaleControls: true,
   isInitialViewSet: false,
   animationStartedPromise: null,
   preferenceSidebarViewOnLoad: SidebarView.NONE,
@@ -1175,9 +1174,7 @@ var PDFViewerApplication = {
   },
 
   setScale: function (value, resetAutoSettings) {
-    this.updateScaleControls = !!resetAutoSettings;
     this.pdfViewer.currentScaleValue = value;
-    this.updateScaleControls = true;
   },
 
   rotatePages: function pdfViewRotatePages(delta) {
@@ -1752,18 +1749,6 @@ window.addEventListener('scalechange', function scalechange(evt) {
   document.getElementById('zoomOut').disabled = (evt.scale === MIN_SCALE);
   document.getElementById('zoomIn').disabled = (evt.scale === MAX_SCALE);
 
-  var customScaleOption = document.getElementById('customScaleOption');
-  customScaleOption.selected = false;
-
-  if (!PDFViewerApplication.updateScaleControls &&
-      (document.getElementById('pageAutoOption').selected ||
-       document.getElementById('pageActualOption').selected ||
-       document.getElementById('pageFitOption').selected ||
-       document.getElementById('pageWidthOption').selected)) {
-    updateViewarea();
-    return;
-  }
-
   if (evt.presetValue) {
     selectScaleOption(evt.presetValue);
     updateViewarea();
@@ -1772,6 +1757,7 @@ window.addEventListener('scalechange', function scalechange(evt) {
 
   var predefinedValueFound = selectScaleOption('' + evt.scale);
   if (!predefinedValueFound) {
+    var customScaleOption = document.getElementById('customScaleOption');
     var customScale = Math.round(evt.scale * 10000) / 100;
     customScaleOption.textContent =
       mozL10n.get('page_scale_percent', { scale: customScale }, '{{scale}}%');