     @newSelections = []
 
     @setPlaceholderText(placeholderText) if placeholderText
-
-    @contentsComponent = new EditorContentsComponent({editor})
-    @renderedLines.replaceWith(@contentsComponent.element)
 
     if editor?
       @edit(editor)


  # Checkout the HEAD revision of this editor's file.
  checkoutHead: ->
    @editor.checkoutHead()

  configure: ->
    @subscribe atom.config.observe 'editor.showLineNumbers', (showLineNumbers) => @gutter.setShowLineNumbers(showLineNumbers)

    unless @isOnDom() and @isVisible()
      @redrawOnReattach = true
      return

    scrollViewWidth = @scrollView.width()
    @updateRenderedLines(scrollViewWidth)
