diff --git a/src/univ/dialog.cpp b/src/univ/dialog.cpp
index 0f5bd56000..0f5e47b9a4 100644
--- a/src/univ/dialog.cpp
+++ b/src/univ/dialog.cpp
@@ -190,8 +190,6 @@ int wxDialog::ShowModal()
         }
     }
 
-    wxBusyCursorSuspender cs; // temporarily suppress the busy cursor
-
     Show(TRUE);
 
     m_isShowingModal = TRUE;