diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/MouseDefaults.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/MouseDefaults.js
index d48386ec51..2643f117e5 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/MouseDefaults.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/MouseDefaults.js
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ OpenLayers.Control.MouseDefaults.prototype =
     defaultMouseMove: function (evt) {
         if (this.mouseDragStart != null) {
             if (this.zoomBox) {
-		/* after initially suggesting it, I'm not so sure 
-		 * this is a good idea ...
-		 * I always let up off the shift key too early
-		 * and cancel my zoombox by accident - SDE
-		if (!evt.shiftKey) {
-		    this.defaultMouseUp(evt);
-                    return;
-                }
-		*/
                 var deltaX = Math.abs(this.mouseDragStart.x - evt.xy.x);
                 var deltaY = Math.abs(this.mouseDragStart.y - evt.xy.y);
                 this.zoomBox.style.width = deltaX+"px";
@@ -88,20 +79,18 @@ OpenLayers.Control.MouseDefaults.prototype =
     */
     defaultMouseUp: function (evt) {
         if (this.zoomBox) {
-	    if (evt.shiftKey) {
-		var start = this.map.getLonLatFromPixel( this.mouseDragStart ); 
-		var end = this.map.getLonLatFromPixel( evt.xy );
-		var top = Math.max(start.lat, end.lat);
-		var bottom = Math.min(start.lat, end.lat);
-		var left = Math.min(start.lon, end.lon);
-		var right = Math.max(start.lon, end.lon);
-		var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(left, bottom, right, top);
-		var zoom = this.map.getZoomForExtent(bounds);
-		this.map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(
-		  (start.lon + end.lon) / 2,
-		  (start.lat + end.lat) / 2
-		 ), zoom);
-            }
+            var start = this.map.getLonLatFromPixel( this.mouseDragStart ); 
+            var end = this.map.getLonLatFromPixel( evt.xy );
+            var top = Math.max(start.lat, end.lat);
+            var bottom = Math.min(start.lat, end.lat);
+            var left = Math.min(start.lon, end.lon);
+            var right = Math.max(start.lon, end.lon);
+            var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(left, bottom, right, top);
+            var zoom = this.map.getZoomForExtent(bounds);
+            this.map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(
+              (start.lon + end.lon) / 2,
+              (start.lat + end.lat) / 2
+             ), zoom);
             this.map.viewPortDiv.removeChild(document.getElementById("zoomBox"));
             this.zoomBox = null;
         }