diff --git a/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc b/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc
index 73a9611a5654d..e55b9e694cb99 100644
--- a/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc
@@ -268,12 +268,6 @@ void MenuBar::OnMenuButtonClicked(views::Button* source,
   if (!window_->HasFocus())
     window_->RequestFocus();
 
-  // This ensures that if you focus the menubar by clicking on an item, you can
-  // still use the arrow keys to move around
-  if (GetPaneFocusTraversable() == nullptr) {
-    SetPaneFocus(source);
-  }
-
   int id = source->tag();
   AtomMenuModel::ItemType type = menu_model_->GetTypeAt(id);
   if (type != AtomMenuModel::TYPE_SUBMENU) {