diff --git a/formatters/html/html.go b/formatters/html/html.go
index f5c5c8bf6..0ad6b31ce 100644
--- a/formatters/html/html.go
+++ b/formatters/html/html.go
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ var (
 	defaultPreWrapper = preWrapper{
 		start: func(code bool, styleAttr string) string {
 			if code {
-				return fmt.Sprintf(`<pre tabindex="0"%s><code>`, styleAttr)
+				return fmt.Sprintf(`<pre%s><code>`, styleAttr)
 			}
 
-			return fmt.Sprintf(`<pre tabindex="0"%s>`, styleAttr)
+			return fmt.Sprintf(`<pre%s>`, styleAttr)
 		},
 		end: func(code bool) string {
 			if code {
diff --git a/formatters/html/html_test.go b/formatters/html/html_test.go
index 3ed1c36b3..2032e11b9 100644
--- a/formatters/html/html_test.go
+++ b/formatters/html/html_test.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func TestWithPreWrapper(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Regular", func(t *testing.T) {
 		s := format(New(WithClasses(true)))
-		assert.Equal(t, s, `<pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">echo</span> FOO</span></span></code></pre>`)
+		assert.Equal(t, s, `<pre class="chroma"><code><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">echo</span> FOO</span></span></code></pre>`)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("PreventSurroundingPre", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func TestReconfigureOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	err = f.Format(&buf, styles.Fallback, it)
 
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, `<pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">echo</span> FOO</span></span></code></pre>`, buf.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, `<pre class="chroma"><code><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">echo</span> FOO</span></span></code></pre>`, buf.String())
 }
 
 func TestWriteCssWithAllClasses(t *testing.T) {