diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 8211d9e03d..ffa7d162ed 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ per-file-ignores =
     scripts/i.pansharpen/i.pansharpen.py: E722, E501
     scripts/r.in.srtm/r.in.srtm.py: E722
     scripts/r.fillnulls/r.fillnulls.py: E722
-    scripts/d.rast.edit/d.rast.edit.py: E722
     scripts/v.what.strds/v.what.strds.py: E501
     # Line too long (esp. module interface definitions)
     scripts/*/*.py: E501
diff --git a/scripts/d.rast.edit/d.rast.edit.py b/scripts/d.rast.edit/d.rast.edit.py
index 3464941e82..102d7e447d 100755
--- a/scripts/d.rast.edit/d.rast.edit.py
+++ b/scripts/d.rast.edit/d.rast.edit.py
@@ -644,28 +644,9 @@ def update_status(self, row, col):
             if self.angles:
                 self.status["aspect"] = self.angles[row][col]
 
-        def force_color(self, val):
-            run("g.region", rows=1, cols=1)
-            run("r.mapcalc", expression="%s = %d" % (self.tempmap, val))
-            run("r.colors", map=self.tempmap, rast=self.inmap)
-            run("r.out.ppm", input=self.tempmap, out=self.tempfile)
-            run("g.remove", flags="f", type="raster", name=self.tempmap)
-
-            tempimg = wx.Image(self.tempfile)
-            gs.try_remove(self.tempfile)
-
-            rgb = tempimg.get(0, 0)
-            color = "#%02x%02x%02x" % rgb
-            self.colors[val] = color
-            tempimg.delete()
-
         def get_color(self, val):
             if val not in self.colors:
-                try:
-                    self.force_color(val)
-                except:
-                    self.colors[val] = "#ffffff"
-
+                self.colors[val] = "#ffffff"
             return self.colors[val]
 
         def refresh_canvas(self):