diff --git a/app-src/scripts/task-list/task-list-d.js b/app-src/scripts/task-list/task-list-d.js
index a75230d370..70d82a77c6 100644
--- a/app-src/scripts/task-list/task-list-d.js
+++ b/app-src/scripts/task-list/task-list-d.js
@@ -426,14 +426,7 @@
     }
 
     static moveItem(array, oldIndex, newIndex) {
-      if (newIndex >= array.length) {
-        let k = newIndex - array.length;
-        while ((k--) + 1) {
-          array.push(undefined);
-        }
-      }
       array.splice(newIndex, 0, array.splice(oldIndex, 1)[0]);
-      return array; // for testing purposes
     }
   }