diff --git a/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tablistview.cpp b/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tablistview.cpp
index 24952af9c..54d60fab5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tablistview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tablistview.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ TabListView::TabListView(QWidget *parent)
     setDropIndicatorShown(true);
     setMouseTracking(true);
     setFlow(QListView::LeftToRight);
+    setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
     setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
     setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
     setHorizontalScrollMode(QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel);
diff --git a/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabtreeview.cpp b/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabtreeview.cpp
index 862660e6a..358450daf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabtreeview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/VerticalTabs/tabtreeview.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ TabTreeView::TabTreeView(QWidget *parent)
     setDropIndicatorShown(true);
     setAllColumnsShowFocus(true);
     setMouseTracking(true);
+    setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
     setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
     setVerticalScrollMode(QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel);
     setIndentation(0);