diff --git a/VisualEditor.hooks.php b/VisualEditor.hooks.php
index 332bcc2533..153fd1c664 100644
--- a/VisualEditor.hooks.php
+++ b/VisualEditor.hooks.php
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ class VisualEditorHooks {
 			// TODO: Other params too? See identical list in ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget.init.js
 			isset( $params['undo'] ) ||
 			isset( $params['undoafter'] ) ||
-			isset( $params['editintro'] ) ||
 			isset( $params['preload'] ) ||
 			isset( $params['preloadtitle'] ) ||
 			isset( $params['preloadparams'] ) ||
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget.init.js b/modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget.init.js
index 7c8b6d005e..6bb2ae8f42 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget.init.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget.init.js
@@ -842,7 +842,6 @@
 			if (
 				uri.query.undo === undefined &&
 				uri.query.undoafter === undefined &&
-				uri.query.editintro === undefined &&
 				uri.query.preload === undefined &&
 				uri.query.preloadtitle === undefined &&
 				uri.query.preloadparams === undefined &&