diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
index 07390d3582e..fe7b883c547 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -1259,7 +1259,6 @@ void tst_QAbstractItemView::task221955_selectedEditor()
     tree.show();
     tree.setFocus();
     tree.setCurrentIndex(tree.model()->index(1,0));
-    QApplicationPrivate::setActiveWindow(&tree);
     QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&tree));
 
     QVERIFY(! tree.selectionModel()->selectedIndexes().contains(tree.model()->index(3,0)));