diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.cc
index 9b6e25cbc5..93af877b66 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.cc
@@ -1341,20 +1341,16 @@ RouteUI::set_color (const Gdk::Color & c)
 	 * own pre-group colors.
 	 */
 
-	if (g && g->is_color()) {
-		GroupTabs::set_group_color (g, c);
-	} else {
-		char buf[64];
-		_color = c;
-		snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%d:%d:%d", c.get_red(), c.get_green(), c.get_blue());
-		
-		/* note: we use the route state ID here so that color is the same for both
-		   the time axis view and the mixer strip
-		*/
-		
-		gui_object_state().set_property<string> (route_state_id(), X_("color"), buf);
-		_route->gui_changed ("color", (void *) 0); /* EMIT_SIGNAL */
-	}
+	char buf[64];
+	_color = c;
+	snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%d:%d:%d", c.get_red(), c.get_green(), c.get_blue());
+	
+	/* note: we use the route state ID here so that color is the same for both
+	   the time axis view and the mixer strip
+	*/
+	
+	gui_object_state().set_property<string> (route_state_id(), X_("color"), buf);
+	_route->gui_changed ("color", (void *) 0); /* EMIT_SIGNAL */
 }
 
 /** @return GUI state ID for things that are common to the route in all its representations */