diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js
index 58ce0d5fa4..682a69fa2c 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ var et2_htmlarea = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
             fontsize_formats: '8pt 10pt 12pt 14pt 18pt 24pt 36pt',
             setup: function (ed) {
                 ed.on('init', function () {
-                    this.focus();
                     this.execCommand('fontName', false, egw.preference('rte_font', 'common'));
                     this.execCommand('fontSize', false, egw.preference('rte_font_size', 'common')
                         + egw.preference('rte_font_unit', 'common'));
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.ts
index f06a992a99..719013937a 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ export class et2_htmlarea extends et2_editableWidget implements et2_IResizeable
 			{
 				ed.on('init', function()
 				{
-					this.focus();
 					this.execCommand('fontName', false, egw.preference('rte_font', 'common'));
 					this.execCommand('fontSize', false, <string><unknown>egw.preference('rte_font_size', 'common')
 							+ egw.preference('rte_font_unit', 'common'));