diff --git a/crates/picker/src/picker.rs b/crates/picker/src/picker.rs
index 199429b07e..96062dc0e6 100644
--- a/crates/picker/src/picker.rs
+++ b/crates/picker/src/picker.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ pub struct Picker<D: PickerDelegate> {
     delegate: WeakViewHandle<D>,
     query_editor: ViewHandle<Editor>,
     list_state: UniformListState,
-    update_task: Option<Task<()>>,
     max_size: Vector2F,
     confirmed: bool,
 }
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ impl<D: PickerDelegate> Picker<D> {
         let this = Self {
             query_editor,
             list_state: Default::default(),
-            update_task: None,
             delegate,
             max_size: vec2f(500., 420.),
             confirmed: false,
@@ -178,7 +176,7 @@ impl<D: PickerDelegate> Picker<D> {
             let query = self.query(cx);
             let update = delegate.update(cx, |d, cx| d.update_matches(query, cx));
             cx.notify();
-            self.update_task = Some(cx.spawn(|this, mut cx| async move {
+            cx.spawn(|this, mut cx| async move {
                 update.await;
                 this.update(&mut cx, |this, cx| {
                     if let Some(delegate) = this.delegate.upgrade(cx) {
@@ -191,10 +189,10 @@ impl<D: PickerDelegate> Picker<D> {
                         };
                         this.list_state.scroll_to(target);
                         cx.notify();
-                        this.update_task.take();
                     }
                 });
-            }));
+            })
+            .detach()
         }
     }