diff --git a/packages/web/components/templates/article/PdfArticleContainer.tsx b/packages/web/components/templates/article/PdfArticleContainer.tsx
index d36a7bb24..5e6fd8425 100644
--- a/packages/web/components/templates/article/PdfArticleContainer.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/components/templates/article/PdfArticleContainer.tsx
@@ -419,25 +419,6 @@ export default function PdfArticleContainer(
         }
       )
 
-      function getActiveElement(element = document.activeElement) {
-        if (element && !('contentDocument' in element)) {
-          return undefined
-        }
-
-        const shadowRoot = element?.shadowRoot
-        const contentDocument = element?.contentDocument as Document
-
-        if (shadowRoot && shadowRoot.activeElement) {
-          return getActiveElement(shadowRoot.activeElement)
-        }
-
-        if (contentDocument && contentDocument.activeElement) {
-          return getActiveElement(contentDocument.activeElement)
-        }
-
-        return element
-      }
-
       function keyDownHandler(event: globalThis.KeyboardEvent) {
         var inputs = ['input', 'select', 'button', 'textarea']
 
@@ -448,13 +429,6 @@ export default function PdfArticleContainer(
           }
         }
 
-        var activeElement = event.target
-        if (activeElement && 'nodeName' in activeElement) {
-          if (inputs.indexOf(activeElement.nodeName as string) != -1) {
-            return
-          }
-        }
-
         const key = event.key.toLowerCase()
         switch (key) {
           case 'o':