diff --git a/po/POTFILES.src.in b/po/POTFILES.src.in
index 60cb9cd47f21f856424fbc96de4fc5f73d8d4390..4465cb0a9758d08b7358d1424326ab2e34ce6562 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.src.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.src.in
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ ${_build_dir}/share/templates/templates.h
 ../src/colors/spaces/components.cpp
 ../src/context-fns.cpp
 ../src/desktop-events.cpp
-../src/desktop-style.cpp
 ../src/desktop.cpp
 ../src/display/control/canvas-item-text.cpp
 ../src/display/control/ctrl-handle-manager.cpp
diff --git a/src/desktop-style.cpp b/src/desktop-style.cpp
index 74008e627f889fef75e26a5a4ef0c1fc126070cf..5b2cb8cf42ddd0500a03e7c6eea2c2f496b786ed 100644
--- a/src/desktop-style.cpp
+++ b/src/desktop-style.cpp
@@ -229,21 +229,17 @@ sp_desktop_set_style(Inkscape::ObjectSet *set, SPDesktop *desktop, SPCSSAttr *cs
         auto itemlist = set->items();
         for (auto i = itemlist.begin(); i!= itemlist.end(); ++i) {
             SPItem *item = *i;
-            if (item->isLocked()) {
-                // If locked, don't apply style
-                desktop->messageStack()->flash(Inkscape::WARNING_MESSAGE, _("<b>Locked</b> object(s) cannot be modified."));
-            } else {
-                // If not text, don't apply text attributes (can a group have text attributes? Yes! FIXME)
-                if (isTextualItem(item)) {
-                    // If any font property has changed, then we have written out the font
-                    // properties in longhand and we need to remove the 'font' shorthand.
-                    if (!sp_repr_css_property_is_unset(css, "font-family")) {
-                        sp_repr_css_unset_property(css, "font");
-                    }
-                    sp_desktop_apply_css_recursive(item, css, true);
-                } else {
-                    sp_desktop_apply_css_recursive(item, css_no_text, true);
+
+            // If not text, don't apply text attributes (can a group have text attributes? Yes! FIXME)
+            if (isTextualItem(item)) {
+                // If any font property has changed, then we have written out the font
+                // properties in longhand and we need to remove the 'font' shorthand.
+                if (!sp_repr_css_property_is_unset(css, "font-family")) {
+                    sp_repr_css_unset_property(css, "font");
                 }
+                sp_desktop_apply_css_recursive(item, css, true);
+            } else {
+                sp_desktop_apply_css_recursive(item, css_no_text, true);
             }
         }
         sp_repr_css_attr_unref(css_no_text);