diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWParameterPage.js b/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWParameterPage.js
index 8fa4139fd7..2243d69032 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWParameterPage.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWParameterPage.js
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ ve.ui.MWParameterPage = function VeUiMWParameterPage( parameter, name, config )
 	this.addButton = new OO.ui.ButtonWidget( {
 		framed: false,
 		icon: 'parameter',
-		label: ve.msg( 'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-add-param' ),
-		tabIndex: -1
+		label: ve.msg( 'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-add-param' )
 	} )
 		.connect( this, { click: 'onAddButtonFocus' } );
 
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplatePage.js b/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplatePage.js
index 262cdc8f6e..fca5920004 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplatePage.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplatePage.js
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ ve.ui.MWTemplatePage = function VeUiMWTemplatePage( template, name, config ) {
 	this.addButton = new OO.ui.ButtonWidget( {
 		framed: false,
 		icon: 'parameter',
-		label: ve.msg( 'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-add-param' ),
-		tabIndex: -1
+		label: ve.msg( 'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-add-param' )
 	} )
 		.connect( this, { click: 'onAddButtonFocus' } );