diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/web_view.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/web_view.py
index c87a2f51fb..6b59864f60 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/web_view.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/web_view.py
@@ -694,7 +694,3 @@ class WebView(RestartingWebEngineView):
 
     def generic_action(self, which, data):
         self.execute_when_ready('generic_action', which, data)
-
-    def contextMenuEvent(self, ev):
-        ev.accept()
-        self.trigger_shortcut('show_chrome')