diff --git a/MapControl/Avalonia/MapBase.Avalonia.cs b/MapControl/Avalonia/MapBase.Avalonia.cs
index a225c6af..df48b817 100644
--- a/MapControl/Avalonia/MapBase.Avalonia.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Avalonia/MapBase.Avalonia.cs
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ namespace MapControl
             Animation.RegisterCustomAnimator<Location, LocationAnimator>();
         }
 
-        public MapBase()
-        {
-            FlowDirection = FlowDirection.LeftToRight;
-        }
-
         public double ActualWidth => Bounds.Width;
         public double ActualHeight => Bounds.Height;
 
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs b/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs
index ac7a26de..516a7b39 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/MapPanel.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ namespace MapControl
         {
             if (this is MapBase)
             {
+                FlowDirection = FlowDirection.LeftToRight;
                 SetValue(ParentMapProperty, this);
             }
 #if UWP || WINUI
diff --git a/MapControl/WPF/MapBase.WPF.cs b/MapControl/WPF/MapBase.WPF.cs
index 3fb8f612..a1f509b8 100644
--- a/MapControl/WPF/MapBase.WPF.cs
+++ b/MapControl/WPF/MapBase.WPF.cs
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ namespace MapControl
             DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(MapBase), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(MapBase)));
         }
 
-        public MapBase()
-        {
-            FlowDirection = FlowDirection.LeftToRight;
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the EasingFunction of the Center, ZoomLevel and Heading animations.
         /// The default value is a QuadraticEase with EasingMode.EaseOut.
diff --git a/MapControl/WinUI/MapBase.WinUI.cs b/MapControl/WinUI/MapBase.WinUI.cs
index 8abfee7e..124e9307 100644
--- a/MapControl/WinUI/MapBase.WinUI.cs
+++ b/MapControl/WinUI/MapBase.WinUI.cs
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ namespace MapControl
             style.Seal();
             Style = style;
 
-            FlowDirection = FlowDirection.LeftToRight;
-
             SizeChanged += OnSizeChanged;
         }