diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_new_issue.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_new_issue.js.es6
index 58cc30b05afe798fe4a39a0a9dd21ba6b7c79124..a4fad422ecac3f5522fb753e6689bca7e294202d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_new_issue.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_new_issue.js.es6
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
             // Need this because our jQuery very kindly disables buttons on ALL form submissions
             $(this.$els.submitButton).enable();
 
-            // Remove issue with no ID
-            const issue = this.list.findIssue(undefined);
+            // Remove the issue
             this.list.removeIssue(issue);
 
             // Show error message