diff --git a/frontend/src/Editor/Editor.jsx b/frontend/src/Editor/Editor.jsx
index 9b462722a6..76ac694aa9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Editor/Editor.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Editor/Editor.jsx
@@ -130,9 +130,6 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
     };
 
     this.autoSave = debounce(this.saveEditingVersion, 3000);
-
-    // setup for closing versions dropdown on oustide click
-    this.wrapperRef = React.createRef();
   }
 
   setWindowTitle(name) {
@@ -343,6 +340,7 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
 
     this.fetchDataSources();
     this.fetchDataQueries();
+    this.initComponentVersioning();
   };
 
   dataSourcesChanged = () => {
@@ -456,12 +454,6 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
     this.setState({ slug: newSlug });
   };
 
-  handleClickOutsideAppVersionsDropdown = (event) => {
-    if (this.wrapperRef && !this.wrapperRef.current.contains(event.target)) {
-      this.setState({ showAppVersionsDropdown: false });
-    }
-  };
-
   removeComponent = (component) => {
     if (!this.isVersionReleased()) {
       let newDefinition = cloneDeep(this.state.appDefinition);