diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
index 8f595df80..834c156f9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         WindowModal::open();
 
         mMagicList->setModel(new SpellModel(MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getPlayerPtr()));
-        mMagicList->update();
     }
 
     void MagicSelectionDialog::onModelIndexSelected(SpellModel::ModelIndex index)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp
index cc032691e..4fdeb91cf 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellwindow.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         mSpellIcons->updateWidgets(mEffectBox, false);
 
         mSpellView->setModel(new SpellModel(MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getPlayerPtr()));
-        mSpellView->update();
     }
 
     void SpellWindow::onEnchantedItemSelected(MWWorld::Ptr item, bool alreadyEquipped)
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ namespace MWGui
     void SpellWindow::cycle(bool next)
     {
         mSpellView->setModel(new SpellModel(MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getPlayerPtr()));
-        mSpellView->getModel()->update();
 
         SpellModel::ModelIndex selected = 0;
         for (SpellModel::ModelIndex i = 0; i<int(mSpellView->getModel()->getItemCount()); ++i)