diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
index b221047798..07390d3582 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -1051,7 +1051,6 @@ void tst_QAbstractItemView::setItemDelegate()
     centerOnScreen(&v);
     moveCursorAway(&v);
     v.show();
-    QApplicationPrivate::setActiveWindow(&v);
     QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&v));
 
     QModelIndex index = model.index(cellToEdit.y(), cellToEdit.x());