diff --git a/js/ui/overview.js b/js/ui/overview.js
index 1747da276..4f50e6fe8 100644
--- a/js/ui/overview.js
+++ b/js/ui/overview.js
@@ -399,16 +399,16 @@ Overview.prototype = {
 
 
     /**
-     * beginApplicationWindowSelection:
+     * setApplicationWindowSelection:
      * @appid: Application identifier string
      *
-     * Enter a mode which shows only the widnows owned by the
+     * Enter a mode which shows only the windows owned by the
      * given application, and allow highlighting of a specific
      * window with setHighlightWindow().
      */
-    beginApplicationWindowSelection: function (appid) {
+    setApplicationWindowSelection: function (appid) {
         if (this._workspaces)
-            this._workspaces.beginApplicationWindowSelection(appid);
+            this._workspaces.setApplicationWindowSelection(appid);
     },
 
     //// Private methods ////
diff --git a/js/ui/workspaces.js b/js/ui/workspaces.js
index a7707472a..5bd33a929 100644
--- a/js/ui/workspaces.js
+++ b/js/ui/workspaces.js
@@ -1081,8 +1081,6 @@ Workspaces.prototype = {
     _init : function(width, height, x, y) {
         this.actor = new Clutter.Group();
 
-        this._appIdFilter = null;
-
         this._width = width;
         this._height = height;
         this._x = x;
@@ -1158,7 +1156,8 @@ Workspaces.prototype = {
         }
     },
 
-    beginApplicationWindowSelection: function (appId) {
+    // See comments in overview.js
+    setApplicationWindowSelection: function (appId) {
         let appSys = Shell.AppMonitor.get_default();
 
         let showOnlyWindows;
@@ -1171,7 +1170,6 @@ Workspaces.prototype = {
         } else {
             showOnlyWindows = null;
         }
-        this._appIdFilter = appId;
         for (let i = 0; i < this._workspaces.length; i++) {
             this._workspaces[i].setLightboxMode(showOnlyWindows != null);
             this._workspaces[i].setShowOnlyWindows(showOnlyWindows);