diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
index 5745f8173a..5c58a6d99f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
@@ -414,15 +414,6 @@ void GuiWorkArea::generateSyntheticMouseEvent()
 
 void GuiWorkArea::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent * e)
 {
-	// do nothing if there are other events
-	// (the auto repeated events come too fast)
-	if (e->isAutoRepeat() && QCoreApplication::hasPendingEvents()) {
-		LYXERR(Debug::KEY)	
-			<< BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION << endl
-			<< "key ignored" << endl;
-		e->ignore();
-		return;
-	}
 
 	LYXERR(Debug::KEY) << BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION
 		<< " count=" << e->count()