diff -u b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.es6.js b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.es6.js
--- b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.es6.js
+++ b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.es6.js
@@ -359,9 +359,6 @@
     // [data-quickedit-entity-id] element's data-quickedit-entity-instance-id
     // attribute.
     const entityElementSelector = `[data-quickedit-entity-id="${entityID}"]`;
-
-    // const entityElementSelector = `[data-quickedit-entity-id="${entityID}"]`;
-    // const $entityElement = $(fieldElement).closest(entityElementSelector);
     const $entityElement = $(entityElementSelector);
 
     // If there are no elements returned from `entityElementSelector`
diff -u b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.js b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.js
--- b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.js
+++ b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.js
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@
     var entityID = extractEntityID(fieldID);
 
     var entityElementSelector = '[data-quickedit-entity-id="' + entityID + '"]';
-
     var $entityElement = $(entityElementSelector);
 
     if (!$entityElement.length) {