diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/completionwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/completionwidget.cpp
index 57ece870d52aa7990cd425b20964b99d3372fc4e..ed8a7e250c84a34ad6dfd731844df11fe22ed17d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/completionwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/completionwidget.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ CompletionWidget::CompletionWidget(CompletionSupport *support, ITextEditable *ed
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(m_editorWidget, return);
 
+    setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect, false);
     setUniformItemSizes(true);
     setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectItems);
     setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);