diff --git a/data/assets/examples/joystickProperty.asset b/data/assets/examples/joystickProperty.asset
index bcd71b14e9..27eeb6233a 100644
--- a/data/assets/examples/joystickProperty.asset
+++ b/data/assets/examples/joystickProperty.asset
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 --       The axis values can either go back to 0 when the joystick is released or it can
 --       stay at the value it was before the joystick was released.
 --       The latter is called a sticky axis, when the values don't go back to 0.
--- Seventh parameter is the sensitivity for the axis
+-- Seventh parameter can be used to reverse the camera movement for the axis
+-- Eighth parameter is the sensitivity for the axis
 
 
 -- Parameters for bindJoystickAxisProperty:
@@ -59,8 +60,6 @@ local freezeValue = function(name, axis, min, max)
   local isPropertyBound = true;
   if joystickType == "None" then
     isPropertyBound = false;
-  else
-    isPropertyBound = true;
   end
 
   if isPropertyBound then
diff --git a/include/openspace/interaction/joystickcamerastates.h b/include/openspace/interaction/joystickcamerastates.h
index 6bb61b1967..040bcbdff5 100644
--- a/include/openspace/interaction/joystickcamerastates.h
+++ b/include/openspace/interaction/joystickcamerastates.h
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ public:
 
     void setAxisMappingProperty(std::string joystickName, int axis,
         std::string propertyUri, float min = 0.f, float max = 1.f,
-        AxisInvert shouldInvert = AxisInvert::No, AxisFlip shouldFlip = AxisFlip::No,
-        bool isRemote = true
+        AxisInvert shouldInvert = AxisInvert::No, bool isRemote = true
     );
 
     AxisInformation axisMapping(const std::string& joystickName, int axis) const;
diff --git a/include/openspace/navigation/navigationhandler.h b/include/openspace/navigation/navigationhandler.h
index 0451567017..fff06f53e6 100644
--- a/include/openspace/navigation/navigationhandler.h
+++ b/include/openspace/navigation/navigationhandler.h
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ public:
         float min = 0.f, float max = 1.f,
         JoystickCameraStates::AxisInvert shouldInvert =
             JoystickCameraStates::AxisInvert::No,
-        JoystickCameraStates::AxisFlip shouldFlip = JoystickCameraStates::AxisFlip::No,
         bool isRemote = true);
 
     JoystickCameraStates::AxisInformation joystickAxisMapping(
diff --git a/src/interaction/joystickcamerastates.cpp b/src/interaction/joystickcamerastates.cpp
index ef61b067de..656bd5ab5c 100644
--- a/src/interaction/joystickcamerastates.cpp
+++ b/src/interaction/joystickcamerastates.cpp
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ void JoystickCameraStates::setAxisMappingProperty(std::string joystickName,
                                                   std::string propertyUri,
                                                   float min, float max,
                                                   AxisInvert shouldInvert,
-                                                  AxisFlip shouldFlip,
                                                   bool isRemote)
 {
     JoystickCameraState* joystickCameraState = findOrAddJoystickCameraState(joystickName);
@@ -292,7 +291,6 @@ void JoystickCameraStates::setAxisMappingProperty(std::string joystickName,
 
     joystickCameraState->axisMapping[axis].type = AxisType::Property;
     joystickCameraState->axisMapping[axis].invert = shouldInvert;
-    joystickCameraState->axisMapping[axis].flip = shouldFlip;
     joystickCameraState->axisMapping[axis].propertyUri = propertyUri;
     joystickCameraState->axisMapping[axis].minValue = min;
     joystickCameraState->axisMapping[axis].maxValue = max;
diff --git a/src/navigation/navigationhandler.cpp b/src/navigation/navigationhandler.cpp
index 40dda9a57b..966cd0ef6c 100644
--- a/src/navigation/navigationhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/navigation/navigationhandler.cpp
@@ -544,7 +544,6 @@ void NavigationHandler::setJoystickAxisMappingProperty(std::string joystickName,
                                                        std::string propertyUri,
                                                        float min, float max,
                                             JoystickCameraStates::AxisInvert shouldInvert,
-                                                JoystickCameraStates::AxisFlip shouldFlip,
                                                        bool isRemote)
 {
     _orbitalNavigator.joystickStates().setAxisMappingProperty(
@@ -554,7 +553,6 @@ void NavigationHandler::setJoystickAxisMappingProperty(std::string joystickName,
         min,
         max,
         shouldInvert,
-        shouldFlip,
         isRemote
     );
 }
diff --git a/src/navigation/navigationhandler_lua.inl b/src/navigation/navigationhandler_lua.inl
index e15d546370..d1eac62a5b 100644
--- a/src/navigation/navigationhandler_lua.inl
+++ b/src/navigation/navigationhandler_lua.inl
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ namespace {
  * \param min the minimum value that this axis can set for the property
  * \param max the maximum value that this axis can set for the property
  * \param shouldInvert if the joystick movement should be inverted or not
- * \param shouldFlip reverses the movement of the camera that the joystick produces
  * \param isRemote if true, the property change will also be executed on connected nodes
  *                 if false, the property change will only affect the master node
  */
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ namespace {
                                                    std::string propertyUri,
                                                    float min = 0.f, float max = 1.f,
                                                    bool shouldInvert = false,
-                                                   bool shouldFlip = false,
                                                    bool isRemote = true)
 {
     using namespace openspace;
@@ -237,7 +235,6 @@ namespace {
         min,
         max,
         JoystickCameraStates::AxisInvert(shouldInvert),
-        JoystickCameraStates::AxisFlip(shouldFlip),
         isRemote
     );
 }