diff --git a/plasma/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp b/plasma/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp
index d67d9d2c..aa79a462 100644
--- a/plasma/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp
+++ b/plasma/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ public:
     void commonConstructor()
     {
         q->setFocusPolicy(Qt::StrongFocus);
-        q->setFiltersChildEvents(true);
         layout = new QGraphicsGridLayout(q);
         q->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
         layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);