diff --git a/sources/diagramevent/diagrameventaddpaste.cpp b/sources/diagramevent/diagrameventaddpaste.cpp
index 5c867936c..a22d7d485 100644
--- a/sources/diagramevent/diagrameventaddpaste.cpp
+++ b/sources/diagramevent/diagrameventaddpaste.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 	DiagramEventAddPaste::DiagramEventAddPaste(Diagram *diagram, const QPointF &start_pos) :
 	DiagramEventInterface(diagram)
 {
+	Q_UNUSED(start_pos);  // items stay at their original XML position
 		//DiagramEventInterface::init() is called by Diagram::setEventInterface
 		//only when it is replacing an earlier interface, so call it here as
 		//DiagramEventAddMacro does.
@@ -85,33 +86,23 @@
 	};
 	const QPointF grid_origin = snapGrid(top_left);
 
-		//Move the group to the cursor, rather than the cursor to the
-		//group. Both put the copy under the pointer, but warping the
-		//pointer also drags it back to the original's position, so the
-		//copy appears exactly on top of what was copied until the mouse
-		//is moved -- which is the thing pasting under the cursor was
-		//meant to avoid (issue #913). Taking the pointer away from
-		//where the user put it is also its own surprise.
-	m_group_origin = snapGrid(start_pos);
-	const QPointF offset = m_group_origin - grid_origin;
-
-		//Store each item's position after the move. moveTo() applies a
+		//Store each item's original position.  moveTo() applies a
 		//grid-snapped delta from the baseline to these, so items
 		//preserve their layout and move in whole grid steps.
 	for (auto *item : movable) {
-		item->setPos(item->pos() + offset);
 		m_relative_pos.insert(item, item->pos());
 	}
+	m_group_origin = grid_origin;
 
-		//The conductors were laid out against the old terminal
+		//The conductors were laid out against the original terminal
 		//positions, so re-route them before anything is drawn.
 	const QList<Conductor *> conductors = m_content.conductors(DiagramContent::AnyConductor);
 	for (auto *conductor : conductors) {
 		conductor->updatePath();
 	}
 
-		//The baseline is known now, so moveTo() does not have to
-		//capture one from the first mouse movement.
+		//The baseline is the group's grid-snapped origin, so moveTo()
+		//does not have to capture one from the first mouse movement.
 	m_initial_cursor = m_group_origin;
 	m_baseline_captured = true;