diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listWidget.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listWidget.ts
index a3bd2958421de6f44a194fb73450ae70b1436eae..e660fed06228db13fb15be402f2f9e0b9241c22b 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listWidget.ts
@@ -647,7 +647,6 @@ export class MouseController<T> implements IDisposable {
 			}
 
 			const newSelection = disjunction(rangeSelection, relativeComplement(selection, contiguousRange));
-			this.list.setFocus([focus]);
 			this.list.setSelection(newSelection, e.browserEvent);
 
 		} else if (this.isSelectionSingleChangeEvent(e)) {