diff --git a/src/Kaleidoscope/TriColor.cpp b/src/Kaleidoscope/TriColor.cpp
index ad1e1484..ad0309be 100644
--- a/src/Kaleidoscope/TriColor.cpp
+++ b/src/Kaleidoscope/TriColor.cpp
@@ -25,16 +25,10 @@ namespace KaleidoscopePlugins {
       this->baseColor = baseColor;
       this->modColor = modColor;
       this->escColor = escColor;
-      previousLayerState = 0xffffffff;
     }
 
     void
     TriColor::update (void) {
-      uint8_t layerState = Layer.getLayerState ();
-      if (previousLayerState == layerState)
-        return;
-      previousLayerState = layerState;
-
       for (uint8_t r = 0; r < ROWS; r++) {
         for (uint8_t c = 0; c < COLS; c++) {
           Key k = Layer.lookup (r, c);
diff --git a/src/Kaleidoscope/TriColor.h b/src/Kaleidoscope/TriColor.h
index a0c1cf7e..f7e900dc 100644
--- a/src/Kaleidoscope/TriColor.h
+++ b/src/Kaleidoscope/TriColor.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ namespace KaleidoscopePlugins {
       virtual void update (void) final;
 
     private:
-      uint32_t previousLayerState;
       cRGB baseColor;
       cRGB modColor;
       cRGB escColor;