diff --git a/chart.cgi b/chart.cgi
index e27cb1c02..d95441c58 100755
--- a/chart.cgi
+++ b/chart.cgi
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ sub view {
 
     # Pass the state object to the display UI.
     $vars->{'chart'} = $chart;
-    $vars->{'selected'} = { map { $_ => 1 } getSelectedLines() };
     $vars->{'category'} = Bugzilla::Chart::getVisibleSeries();
 
     $cgi->send_header();
diff --git a/template/en/default/reports/create-chart.html.tmpl b/template/en/default/reports/create-chart.html.tmpl
index df126d22c..e2b6090fe 100644
--- a/template/en/default/reports/create-chart.html.tmpl
+++ b/template/en/default/reports/create-chart.html.tmpl
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function subcatSelected() {
           <tr>
             [% IF loop.first %]
               <td align="center" rowspan="[% line.size %]">
-                <input type="checkbox" value="1" name="select[% newidx %]" [% " checked" IF selected.$newidx %]>
+                <input type="checkbox" value="1" name="select[% newidx %]">
               </td>
               <td rowspan="[% line.size %]">
                 <input type="text" size="20" name="label[% newidx %]"