diff --git a/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc b/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc
index 985a41408dc4c..e55b9e694cb99 100644
--- a/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc
@@ -275,9 +275,6 @@ void MenuBar::OnMenuButtonClicked(views::Button* source,
     return;
   }
 
-  GetFocusManager()->SetFocusedViewWithReason(
-      source, views::FocusManager::kReasonFocusTraversal);
-
   // Deleted in MenuDelegate::OnMenuClosed
   MenuDelegate* menu_delegate = new MenuDelegate(this);
   menu_delegate->RunMenu(menu_model_->GetSubmenuModelAt(id), source,