diff --git a/app/src/ui/diff/side-by-side-diff-row.tsx b/app/src/ui/diff/side-by-side-diff-row.tsx
index 007fc517ef..9912c34151 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/diff/side-by-side-diff-row.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ui/diff/side-by-side-diff-row.tsx
@@ -277,12 +277,12 @@ export class SideBySideDiffRow extends React.Component<
>
{this.renderLineNumber(lineNumber, DiffColumn.Before, isSelected)}
- {this.renderContent(row.data)}
+ {this.renderContent(row.data, DiffRowPrefix.Deleted)}
{this.renderWhitespaceHintPopover(DiffColumn.Before)}
{this.renderLineNumber(undefined, DiffColumn.After)}
- {this.renderContentFromString('', [], DiffRowPrefix.Deleted)}
+ {this.renderContentFromString('', [])}
{this.renderWhitespaceHintPopover(DiffColumn.After)}
{this.renderHunkHandle()}