diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/raw_editor/raw_editor.dart b/lib/src/widgets/raw_editor/raw_editor.dart
index 12844828..b69b7515 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/raw_editor/raw_editor.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/raw_editor/raw_editor.dart
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ class QuillRawEditor extends StatefulWidget {
             configurations.maxHeight == null ||
                 configurations.minHeight == null ||
                 configurations.maxHeight! >= configurations.minHeight!,
-            'maxHeight cannot be null') {
-    configurations.controller.readOnly = configurations.readOnly;
-  }
+            'maxHeight cannot be null');
 
   final QuillRawEditorConfigurations configurations;