diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp
index d7a007fb19..f747fc7e99 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp
@@ -4078,7 +4078,6 @@ void tst_QTreeView::doubleClickedWithSpans()
     view.setModel(&model);
     view.setFirstColumnSpanned(0, QModelIndex(), true);
     view.show();
-    QApplicationPrivate::setActiveWindow(&view);
     QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&view));
     QVERIFY(view.isActiveWindow());