diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/pointer_binding.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/pointer_binding.dart
index 11502593eb97e..dd268a3774ffd 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/pointer_binding.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/pointer_binding.dart
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ class _PointerAdapter extends _BaseAdapter with _WheelEventListenerMixin {
       _convertEventsToPointerData(data: pointerData, event: event, details: down);
       _callback(event, pointerData);
 
-      if (event.target == _viewTarget) {
+      if (event.target == _viewTarget && !EngineSemantics.instance.semanticsEnabled) {
         // Ensure smooth focus transitions between text fields within the Flutter view.
         // Without preventing the default and this delay, the engine may not have fully
         // rendered the next input element, leading to the focus incorrectly returning to
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/semantics/text_field.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/semantics/text_field.dart
index d1cf80852a61d..267d604599b37 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/semantics/text_field.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/semantics/text_field.dart
@@ -114,16 +114,6 @@ class SemanticsTextEditingStrategy extends DefaultTextEditingStrategy {
     }
     subscriptions.clear();
     lastEditingState = null;
-
-    // If the text element still has focus, remove focus from the editable
-    // element to cause the on-screen keyboard, if any, to hide (e.g. on iOS,
-    // Android).
-    // Otherwise, the keyboard stays on screen even when the user navigates to
-    // a different screen (e.g. by hitting the "back" button).
-    // Keep this consistent with how DefaultTextEditingStrategy does it. As of
-    // right now, the only difference is that semantic text fields do not
-    // participate in form autofill.
-    DefaultTextEditingStrategy.scheduleFocusFlutterView(activeDomElement, activeDomElementView);
     domElement = null;
     activeTextField = null;
     _queuedStyle = null;
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/semantics/text_field_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/semantics/text_field_test.dart
index c93dc3bf4a86f..7792113fec29f 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/semantics/text_field_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/semantics/text_field_test.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:test/bootstrap/browser.dart';
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ void testMain() {
       // TODO(yjbanov): https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/46638
     }, skip: ui_web.browser.browserEngine == ui_web.BrowserEngine.firefox);
 
-    test('Syncs semantic state from framework', () async {
+    test('Syncs semantic state from framework', () {
       expect(
           owner().semanticsHost.ownerDocument?.activeElement, domDocument.body);
 
@@ -223,10 +222,12 @@ void testMain() {
         owner().semanticsHost.ownerDocument?.activeElement,
         textField.editableElement,
       );
-      await Future<void>.delayed(Duration.zero);
+
+      // When semantics are enabled, deactivation shouldn't move focus or blur the
+      // editable element. Instead the engine/browser should move it accordingly.
       expect(
         owner().semanticsHost.ownerDocument?.activeElement,
-        EnginePlatformDispatcher.instance.implicitView!.dom.rootElement,
+        textField.editableElement,
       );
 
       // There was no user interaction with the <input> element,
@@ -336,8 +337,7 @@ void testMain() {
       strategy.disable();
     });
 
-    test('Does not dispose and recreate dom elements in persistent mode',
-        () async {
+    test('Does not dispose and recreate dom elements in persistent mode', () {
       strategy.enable(
         singlelineConfig,
         onChange: (_, __) {},
@@ -362,12 +362,15 @@ void testMain() {
       // It doesn't remove the DOM element.
       final textField = textFieldSemantics.semanticRole! as SemanticTextField;
       expect(owner().semanticsHost.contains(textField.editableElement), isTrue);
+
       // Editing element is not enabled.
       expect(strategy.isEnabled, isFalse);
-      await Future<void>.delayed(Duration.zero);
+
+      // When semantics are enabled, deactivation shouldn't move focus or blur the
+      // editable element. Instead the engine/browser should move it accordingly.
       expect(
         owner().semanticsHost.ownerDocument?.activeElement,
-        EnginePlatformDispatcher.instance.implicitView!.dom.rootElement,
+        textField.editableElement,
       );
     });