diff --git a/src/common/containr.cpp b/src/common/containr.cpp
index 8490cc5b9f..53d4e01348 100644
--- a/src/common/containr.cpp
+++ b/src/common/containr.cpp
@@ -174,19 +174,6 @@ void wxControlContainer::SetLastFocus(wxWindow *win)
             wxLogTrace(TRACE_FOCUS, wxT("No more last focus"));
         }
     }
-
-    // propagate the last focus upwards so that our parent can set focus back
-    // to us if it loses it now and regains later; do *not* do this if we are
-    // a toplevel window (e.g. wxDialog) that has another frame as its parent
-    if ( !m_winParent->IsTopLevel() )
-    {
-        wxWindow *parent = m_winParent->GetParent();
-        if ( parent )
-        {
-            wxChildFocusEvent eventFocus(m_winParent);
-            parent->GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(eventFocus);
-        }
-    }
 }
 
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