diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/qmlgraphicsitemnodeinstance.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/qmlgraphicsitemnodeinstance.cpp
index 860c1b72de3e22484121cb74f767f84821b8526c..d6e2d868da9dd3ed9bcf337815e4d380749ab39e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/qmlgraphicsitemnodeinstance.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/qmlgraphicsitemnodeinstance.cpp
@@ -613,9 +613,6 @@ bool QmlGraphicsItemNodeInstance::isAnchoredBySibling() const
             if (siblingItem) {
                 if (isAnchoredTo(siblingItem, qmlGraphicsItem()))
                     return true;
-
-                if (areChildrenAnchoredTo(siblingItem, qmlGraphicsItem()))
-                    return true;
             }
         }
     }