diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
index 964f94c7b5..127e848ff1 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/graphicsview/qgraphicsproxywidget/tst_qgraphicsproxywidget.cpp
@@ -3075,7 +3075,6 @@ void tst_QGraphicsProxyWidget::bypassGraphicsProxyWidget()
     QGraphicsScene scene;
     QGraphicsView view(&scene);
     view.show();
-    QApplicationPrivate::setActiveWindow(&view);
     QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&view));
 
     QGraphicsProxyWidget *proxy = scene.addWidget(widgetGuard.release());