diff --git a/src/pyj/read_book/iframe.pyj b/src/pyj/read_book/iframe.pyj
index 1258c0c346..1fffd8340f 100644
--- a/src/pyj/read_book/iframe.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/read_book/iframe.pyj
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ class IframeBoss:
                 if quuid is data.uuid:
                     found_highlight_to_remove = True
                     unwrap_crw(qcrw)
-                    v'delete annot_id_uuid_map[crw_]'
+                    v'delete annot_id_uuid_map[qcrw]'
             if found_highlight_to_remove:
                 # have to remove selection otherwise selection bar does
                 # not hide itself on multiline selections