diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
index 883605b072..819a84d8b4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
@@ -2040,7 +2040,6 @@ void tst_QWidget::defaultTabOrder()
     container.setWindowTitle(QLatin1String(QTest::currentTestFunction()));
     container.show();
     container.activateWindow();
-    QApplicationPrivate::setActiveWindow(&container);
     QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&container));
 
     QTRY_VERIFY(firstEdit->hasFocus());