diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/single-select.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/single-select.js.es6
index af3aa3a4f8d..7713d51194b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/single-select.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/single-select.js.es6
@@ -210,10 +210,6 @@ export default SelectKitComponent.extend({
   },
 
   select(computedContentItem) {
-    if (this.get("hasSelection")) {
-      this.deselect(this.get("selection.value"));
-    }
-
     if (
       !computedContentItem ||
       computedContentItem.__sk_row_type === "noneRow"
diff --git a/test/javascripts/components/single-select-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/components/single-select-test.js.es6
index 72366fdf72e..439781e202e 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/components/single-select-test.js.es6
+++ b/test/javascripts/components/single-select-test.js.es6
@@ -835,55 +835,3 @@ componentTest("without forceEscape", {
     );
   }
 });
-
-componentTest("onSelect", {
-  template:
-    "<div class='test-external-action'></div>{{single-select content=content onSelect=(action externalAction)}}",
-
-  beforeEach() {
-    this.set("externalAction", actual => {
-      find(".test-external-action").text(actual);
-    });
-
-    this.set("content", ["red", "blue"]);
-  },
-
-  async test(assert) {
-    await this.get("subject").expand();
-    await this.get("subject").selectRowByValue("red");
-
-    assert.equal(
-      find(".test-external-action")
-        .text()
-        .trim(),
-      "red"
-    );
-  }
-});
-
-componentTest("onDeselect", {
-  template:
-    "<div class='test-external-action'></div>{{single-select content=content onDeselect=(action externalAction)}}",
-
-  beforeEach() {
-    this.set("externalAction", actual => {
-      find(".test-external-action").text(actual);
-    });
-
-    this.set("content", ["red", "blue"]);
-  },
-
-  async test(assert) {
-    await this.get("subject").expand();
-    await this.get("subject").selectRowByValue("red");
-    await this.get("subject").expand();
-    await this.get("subject").selectRowByValue("blue");
-
-    assert.equal(
-      find(".test-external-action")
-        .text()
-        .trim(),
-      "red"
-    );
-  }
-});