diff --git a/dlls/shell32/shlview.c b/dlls/shell32/shlview.c
index abe13981df1..9c699ecda08 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/shlview.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/shlview.c
@@ -1039,9 +1039,6 @@ static void ShellView_DoContextMenu(IShellViewImpl * This, WORD x, WORD y, BOOL
 	      /* let the ContextMenu merge its items in */
 	      if (SUCCEEDED(IContextMenu_QueryContextMenu( pContextMenu, hMenu, 0, FCIDM_SHVIEWFIRST, FCIDM_SHVIEWLAST, wFlags )))
 	      {
-	        if (This->FolderSettings.fFlags & FWF_DESKTOP)
-		  SetMenuDefaultItem(hMenu, FCIDM_SHVIEW_OPEN, MF_BYCOMMAND);
-
 		if( bDefault )
 		{
 		  TRACE("-- get menu default command\n");