diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
index 10004e736..06178c3d7 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
@@ -185,14 +185,8 @@ export default class EditableTextTypeWidget extends AbstractTextTypeWidget {
     async doRefresh(note) {
         const noteComplement = await froca.getNoteComplement(note.noteId);
 
-        await this.spacedUpdate.allowUpdateWithoutChange(() => {
-            // https://github.com/zadam/trilium/issues/3914 
-            // todo: quite hacky, but it works. remove it if ckeditor has fixed it.
-            this.$editor.trigger('focus');
-            this.$editor.trigger('blur')
-                    
-            this.watchdog.editor.setData(noteComplement.content || "");
-        });
+        await this.spacedUpdate.allowUpdateWithoutChange(() =>
+            this.watchdog.editor.setData(noteComplement.content || ""));
     }
 
     getData() {