diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/textbox/textbox.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/textbox/textbox.controller.js
index e88f118c49..2d0515d764 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/textbox/textbox.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/textbox/textbox.controller.js
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ function textboxController($scope) {
     }
 
     if ($scope.model.config && $scope.model.config.maxChars) {
-        $scope.model.showcharacterslefttext = $scope.model.config.maxChars < 500;
-
         if ($scope.model.value == undefined) {
             $scope.model.count = ($scope.model.config.maxChars * 1);
         } else {
@@ -33,4 +31,4 @@ function textboxController($scope) {
         }
     }
 }
-angular.module('umbraco').controller("Umbraco.PropertyEditors.textboxController", textboxController);
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+angular.module('umbraco').controller("Umbraco.PropertyEditors.textboxController", textboxController);