diff --git a/src/components/mode-tools/mode-tools.jsx b/src/components/mode-tools/mode-tools.jsx
index 2cde3d3c..e2b9b3ec 100644
--- a/src/components/mode-tools/mode-tools.jsx
+++ b/src/components/mode-tools/mode-tools.jsx
@@ -151,13 +151,11 @@ const ModeToolsComponent = props => {
                 </InputGroup>
                 <InputGroup className={classNames(styles.modLabeledIconHeight)}>
                     <LabeledIconButton
-                        disabled={!props.hasItems}
                         imgSrc={flipHorizontalIcon}
                         title={props.intl.formatMessage(messages.flipHorizontal)}
                         onClick={props.onFlipHorizontal}
                     />
                     <LabeledIconButton
-                        disabled={!props.hasItems}
                         imgSrc={flipVerticalIcon}
                         title={props.intl.formatMessage(messages.flipVertical)}
                         onClick={props.onFlipVertical}
@@ -178,7 +176,6 @@ ModeToolsComponent.propTypes = {
     className: PropTypes.string,
     clipboardItems: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.array),
     eraserValue: PropTypes.number,
-    hasItems: PropTypes.bool,
     hasSelectedUncurvedPoints: PropTypes.bool,
     hasSelectedUnpointedPoints: PropTypes.bool,
     intl: intlShape.isRequired,
diff --git a/src/containers/mode-tools.jsx b/src/containers/mode-tools.jsx
index 86e09723..1f2530d0 100644
--- a/src/containers/mode-tools.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/mode-tools.jsx
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import bindAll from 'lodash.bindall';
 import ModeToolsComponent from '../components/mode-tools/mode-tools.jsx';
 import {clearSelectedItems, setSelectedItems} from '../reducers/selected-items';
 import {incrementPasteOffset, setClipboardItems} from '../reducers/clipboard';
-import {clearSelection, getSelectedLeafItems, getSelectedRootItems} from '../helper/selection';
-import {getAllRootItems, getAllSelectableRootItems} from '../helper/selection';
+import {clearSelection, getSelectedLeafItems, getSelectedRootItems, getAllRootItems} from '../helper/selection';
 import {HANDLE_RATIO, ensureClockwise} from '../helper/math';
 
 class ModeTools extends React.Component {
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ class ModeTools extends React.Component {
         bindAll(this, [
             '_getSelectedUncurvedPoints',
             '_getSelectedUnpointedPoints',
-            'hasItems',
             'hasSelectedUncurvedPoints',
             'hasSelectedUnpointedPoints',
             'handleCopyToClipboard',
@@ -70,9 +68,6 @@ class ModeTools extends React.Component {
         const points = this._getSelectedUnpointedPoints();
         return points.length > 0;
     }
-    hasItems () {
-        return getAllSelectableRootItems().length > 0;
-    }
     handleCurvePoints () {
         let changed;
         const points = this._getSelectedUncurvedPoints();
@@ -208,7 +203,6 @@ class ModeTools extends React.Component {
     render () {
         return (
             <ModeToolsComponent
-                hasItems={this.hasItems()}
                 hasSelectedUncurvedPoints={this.hasSelectedUncurvedPoints()}
                 hasSelectedUnpointedPoints={this.hasSelectedUnpointedPoints()}
                 onCopyToClipboard={this.handleCopyToClipboard}
diff --git a/src/helper/selection.js b/src/helper/selection.js
index 4dfa8006..fb157375 100644
--- a/src/helper/selection.js
+++ b/src/helper/selection.js
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ const shouldShowSelectAll = function () {
 export {
     getItems,
     getAllRootItems,
-    getAllSelectableRootItems,
     selectAllItems,
     selectAllSegments,
     clearSelection,