diff --git a/src/tui/editor.zig b/src/tui/editor.zig
index 8b7bbec..18d6a0c 100644
--- a/src/tui/editor.zig
+++ b/src/tui/editor.zig
@@ -3644,7 +3644,6 @@ pub const Editor = struct {
     pub fn add_cursor_all_matches(self: *Self, _: Context) Result {
         if (self.matches.items.len == 0) return;
         try self.send_editor_jump_source();
-        const primary_cursor = self.get_primary().cursor;
         while (self.get_next_match(self.get_primary().cursor)) |match| {
             if (self.get_primary().selection) |_|
                 try self.push_cursor();
@@ -3654,7 +3653,6 @@ pub const Editor = struct {
             match.has_selection = true;
             primary.cursor.move_to(root, match.end.row, match.end.col, self.metrics) catch return;
         }
-        self.set_primary_selection_from_cursor(primary_cursor) catch @panic("OOM add_cursor_all_matches");
         self.clamp();
         try self.send_editor_jump_destination();
     }
@@ -5912,25 +5910,6 @@ pub const Editor = struct {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn set_primary_selection_from_cursor(self: *Self, cursor: Cursor) error{OutOfMemory}!void {
-        const idx = for (self.cursels.items, 0..) |*cursel_, idx| {
-            if (cursel_.*) |*cursel| {
-                if (cursel.selection) |sel| if (cursor.within(sel)) break idx;
-            }
-        } else return;
-
-        const cursels = try self.cursels.toOwnedSlice(self.allocator);
-        defer self.allocator.free(cursels);
-
-        for (cursels[idx + 1 ..]) |*cursel_| if (cursel_.*) |*cursel| {
-            (try self.cursels.addOne(self.allocator)).* = cursel.*;
-        };
-
-        for (cursels[0 .. idx + 1]) |*cursel_| if (cursel_.*) |*cursel| {
-            (try self.cursels.addOne(self.allocator)).* = cursel.*;
-        };
-    }
-
     fn count_lines(content: []const u8) struct { usize, usize } {
         var pos = content;
         var offset = content.len;
diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index 0147369..a822b63 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -1105,7 +1105,9 @@ const cmds = struct {
 
     pub fn rename_symbol_item(self: *Self, ctx: Ctx) Result {
         const editor = self.get_active_editor() orelse return;
-        const primary_cursor = editor.get_primary().cursor;
+        // because the incoming message is an array of Renames, we manuallly
+        // parse instead of using ctx.args.match() which doesn't seem to return
+        // the parsed length needed to correctly advance iter.
         var iter = ctx.args.buf;
         var len = try cbor.decodeArrayHeader(&iter);
         var first = true;
@@ -1142,7 +1144,6 @@ const cmds = struct {
                 );
             }
         }
-        try editor.set_primary_selection_from_cursor(primary_cursor);
     }
     pub const rename_symbol_item_meta: Meta = .{ .arguments = &.{.array} };
     pub const rename_symbol_item_elem_meta: Meta = .{ .arguments = &.{ .string, .integer, .integer, .integer, .integer, .string } };