diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 76df5c71d18d88d13f1813439de9a91d71f4cf41..9724ccf0b7f2814a8d75456ac856ea13bb090a6a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -1034,10 +1034,7 @@ bool BaseTextEditor::event(QEvent *e)
     d->m_contentsChanged = false;
     switch (e->type()) {
     case QEvent::ShortcutOverride:
-        if (static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(e)->key() == Qt::Key_Backspace)
-            e->accept();
-        else
-            e->ignore(); // we are a really nice citizen
+        e->ignore(); // we are a really nice citizen
         return true;
     default:
         break;