1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
index 954b62332..59fa6b08c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { createSchema, makeInterface } from "../../../fields/Schema";
 import { ScriptField } from "../../../fields/ScriptField";
 import { Cast, NumCast } from "../../../fields/Types";
 import { PdfField } from "../../../fields/URLField";
-import { TraceMobx, GetEffectiveAcl, getPlaygroundMode } from "../../../fields/util";
+import { TraceMobx, GetEffectiveAcl } from "../../../fields/util";
 import { addStyleSheet, addStyleSheetRule, clearStyleSheetRules, emptyFunction, emptyPath, intersectRect, returnZero, smoothScroll, Utils } from "../../../Utils";
 import { Docs, DocUtils } from "../../documents/Documents";
 import { DocumentType } from "../../documents/DocumentTypes";
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ export class PDFViewer extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<IViewerProps, PdfDocu
     highlight = (color: string) => {
         // creates annotation documents for current highlights
         const effectiveAcl = GetEffectiveAcl(this.props.Document);
-        if ([AclAddonly, AclEdit, AclAdmin].includes(effectiveAcl) || getPlaygroundMode()) {
+        if ([AclAddonly, AclEdit, AclAdmin].includes(effectiveAcl)) {
             const annotationDoc = this.makeAnnotationDocument(color);
             annotationDoc && Doc.AddDocToList(this.props.Document, this.annotationKey, annotationDoc);
             return annotationDoc;