diff --git a/static/js/navigate.js b/static/js/navigate.js
index 77c59e8c83..007b2b713a 100644
--- a/static/js/navigate.js
+++ b/static/js/navigate.js
@@ -23,16 +23,6 @@ exports.down = function () {
     if (next_row.length !== 0) {
         go_to_row(next_row);
     }
-    if ((next_row.length === 0)) {
-        // At the last message, scroll to the bottom so we have
-        // lots of nice whitespace for new messages coming in.
-        //
-        // FIXME: this doesn't work for End because rows.last_visible()
-        // always returns a message.
-        var current_msg_table = rows.get_table(current_msg_list.table_name);
-        viewport.scrollTop(current_msg_table.outerHeight(true) - viewport.height() * 0.1);
-        mark_current_list_as_read();
-    }
 };
 
 exports.to_home = function () {
@@ -71,4 +61,4 @@ exports.page_down = function () {
 };
 
 return exports;
-}());
\ No newline at end of file
+}());