diff --git a/fx/src/main/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/DirectBindingApplier.java b/fx/src/main/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/DirectBindingApplier.java
index 26033cb..6234b35 100644
--- a/fx/src/main/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/DirectBindingApplier.java
+++ b/fx/src/main/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/DirectBindingApplier.java
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ final class DirectBindingApplier {
             link.applying = true;
             try {
                 control.setValue(shown);
-                link.committedControl = shown;
             } finally {
                 link.applying = false;
             }
@@ -269,18 +268,11 @@ final class DirectBindingApplier {
             link.applying = true;
             try {
                 attribute.setValue(converted);
-                link.committedControl = control.getValue();
             } finally {
                 link.applying = false;
             }
             owner.clearBindingFailure(source);
         } catch (RuntimeException failure) {
-            link.applying = true;
-            try {
-                control.setValue(link.committedControl);
-            } finally {
-                link.applying = false;
-            }
             owner.reportBindingFailure(source, failureText(failure));
         }
     }
@@ -294,12 +286,10 @@ final class DirectBindingApplier {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Guards one converted binding against hearing its own writes, and remembers the last
-     * control value that was successfully shown.
+     * Guards one converted binding against hearing its own writes.
      */
     private static final class Link {
         private boolean applying;
-        private Object committedControl;
     }
 
     private static Property<?> controlProperty(Object control, String propertyName) {
diff --git a/fx/src/test/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/CarryChildMessageTest.java b/fx/src/test/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/CarryChildMessageTest.java
index 542a229..94e9eef 100644
--- a/fx/src/test/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/CarryChildMessageTest.java
+++ b/fx/src/test/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/CarryChildMessageTest.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class CarryChildMessageTest {
             streetField.setText("nope");
 
             assertEquals("Main", person.getAddress().getStreet());
-            assertEquals("Main", streetField.getText());
+            assertEquals("nope", streetField.getText());
             ViewModel personModel = loaded.getViewModel();
             ViewModel addressModel = (ViewModel) personModel.property("address").getValue();
             assertEquals(1, addressModel.getMessages().size());
diff --git a/fx/src/test/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/ConvertAndRecordFailureTest.java b/fx/src/test/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/ConvertAndRecordFailureTest.java
index 5481f6a..fe37fee 100644
--- a/fx/src/test/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/ConvertAndRecordFailureTest.java
+++ b/fx/src/test/java/de/neitzel/fx/view/ConvertAndRecordFailureTest.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class ConvertAndRecordFailureTest {
             TextField ageField = (TextField) loaded.getRoot().lookup("#ageField");
             ageField.setText("nope");
             assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(42), person.getAge());
-            assertEquals("years:42", ageField.getText());
+            assertEquals("nope", ageField.getText());
             ViewModel viewModel = loaded.getViewModel();
             assertEquals(1, viewModel.getMessages().size());
             Message message = viewModel.getMessages().get(0);
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class ConvertAndRecordFailureTest {
             assertSame(first, viewModel.getMessages().get(0));
             assertEquals("not a whole number: still-bad", first.getText());
             assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(42), person.getAge());
-            assertEquals("years:42", ageField.getText());
+            assertEquals("still-bad", ageField.getText());
         });
     }