diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee
index 80ebb8871d..e9461613b2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ class PagedDisplay
             # resize event
             margin_top = body_style.marginTop
 
-        if this.is_full_screen_layout
-            this.cols_per_screen = 1
-
         ww = window.innerWidth
 
         # Calculate the column width so that cols_per_screen columns fit in the