diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qmdiarea/tst_qmdiarea.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qmdiarea/tst_qmdiarea.cpp
index b5acee25d6..a8890eebe5 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qmdiarea/tst_qmdiarea.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qmdiarea/tst_qmdiarea.cpp
@@ -1300,7 +1300,6 @@ void tst_QMdiArea::activateNextAndPreviousWindow()
 {
     QMdiArea workspace;
     workspace.show();
-    QApplicationPrivate::setActiveWindow(&workspace);
 
     const int windowCount = 10;
     QMdiSubWindow *windows[windowCount];