diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/cards/card_group_display_widgets/card_group_display_widget.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/cards/card_group_display_widgets/card_group_display_widget.cpp
index 0f6637e53..bfbdd7e42 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/cards/card_group_display_widgets/card_group_display_widget.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/cards/card_group_display_widgets/card_group_display_widget.cpp
@@ -155,18 +155,6 @@ QWidget *CardGroupDisplayWidget::constructWidgetForIndex(QPersistentModelIndex i
 
 void CardGroupDisplayWidget::updateCardDisplays()
 {
-    // Custom zones are user-defined containers: they display their cards in the same
-    // order as the tree view, i.e. the model row order. Only criteria groups apply
-    // the visual sort criteria.
-    const bool isCustomZone = trackedIndex.data(DeckRoles::IsCustomZoneRole).toBool();
-
-    if (isCustomZone) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < deckListModel->rowCount(trackedIndex); ++i) {
-            addCardWidgets(QPersistentModelIndex(deckListModel->index(i, 0, trackedIndex)));
-        }
-        return;
-    }
-
     DeckListSortFilterProxyModel proxy;
     proxy.setSourceModel(deckListModel);
     proxy.setSortCriteria(activeSortCriteria);
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/cards/deck_card_zone_display_widget.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/cards/deck_card_zone_display_widget.cpp
index d0f56011c..b00d9db1e 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/cards/deck_card_zone_display_widget.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/cards/deck_card_zone_display_widget.cpp
@@ -133,16 +133,12 @@ void DeckCardZoneDisplayWidget::displayCards()
     }
 
     // Iterate the direct children of the tracked zone, keeping the tree view's row
-    // order (criteria groups first, then custom zones in their creation order).
+    // order (criteria groups first, then custom zones, both in the model's sort order).
     QList<QPersistentModelIndex> rows;
     for (int i = 0; i < deckListModel->rowCount(trackedIndex); ++i) {
         rows.append(QPersistentModelIndex(deckListModel->index(i, 0, trackedIndex)));
     }
 
-    std::stable_partition(rows.begin(), rows.end(), [](const QPersistentModelIndex &row) {
-        return !row.data(DeckRoles::IsCustomZoneRole).toBool();
-    });
-
     for (const QPersistentModelIndex &persistent : rows) {
         constructAppropriateWidget(persistent);
     }