diff --git a/rtgui/cropwindow.cc b/rtgui/cropwindow.cc
index 5c5a318c4..25311b97b 100644
--- a/rtgui/cropwindow.cc
+++ b/rtgui/cropwindow.cc
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ void CropWindow::buttonPress (int button, int type, int bstate, int x, int y)
                         cropgl->cropInit (cropHandler.cropParams.x, cropHandler.cropParams.y, cropHandler.cropParams.w, cropHandler.cropParams.h);
                     } else if (iarea->getToolMode () == TMHand) {
                         if (editSubscriber) {
-                            needRedraw = editSubscriber->button1Pressed(bstate);
                             if ((cropgl && cropgl->inImageArea(iarea->posImage.x, iarea->posImage.y) && (editSubscriber->getEditingType() == ET_PIPETTE && (bstate & GDK_CONTROL_MASK))) || editSubscriber->getEditingType() == ET_OBJECTS) {
+                                needRedraw = editSubscriber->button1Pressed(bstate);
                                 if (editSubscriber->isDragging()) {
                                     state = SEditDrag1;
                                 } else if (editSubscriber->isPicking()) {
diff --git a/rtgui/mydiagonalcurve.cc b/rtgui/mydiagonalcurve.cc
index 2e908bf83..bf146b03d 100644
--- a/rtgui/mydiagonalcurve.cc
+++ b/rtgui/mydiagonalcurve.cc
@@ -1065,10 +1065,6 @@ void MyDiagonalCurve::pipetteMouseOver (CurveEditor *ce, EditDataProvider *provi
 // returns true if a point is being dragged
 bool MyDiagonalCurve::pipetteButton1Pressed(EditDataProvider *provider, int modifierKey)
 {
-    if (!(modifierKey & GDK_CONTROL_MASK)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    
     if (edited_point > 1) {
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/rtgui/myflatcurve.cc b/rtgui/myflatcurve.cc
index e71f09567..210fb42f2 100644
--- a/rtgui/myflatcurve.cc
+++ b/rtgui/myflatcurve.cc
@@ -1278,10 +1278,6 @@ void MyFlatCurve::pipetteMouseOver (CurveEditor *ce, EditDataProvider *provider,
 // returns true if a point is being dragged
 bool MyFlatCurve::pipetteButton1Pressed(EditDataProvider *provider, int modifierKey)
 {
-    if (!(modifierKey & GDK_CONTROL_MASK)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    
     if (edited_point > -1) {
         return false;
     }