diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp
index d46330da05..75e3eddc92 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp
@@ -1014,7 +1014,6 @@ void tst_QDateTimeEdit::deleteKey()
 
 void tst_QDateTimeEdit::tabKeyNavigation()
 {
-    QApplicationPrivate::setActiveWindow(testWidget);
     testWidget->setDate(QDate(2004, 05, 11));
     testWidget->setDisplayFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
     testWidget->show();