diff --git a/indra/llwindow/llwindowsdl2.cpp b/indra/llwindow/llwindowsdl2.cpp
index 32626388e1..082d2a93b5 100644
--- a/indra/llwindow/llwindowsdl2.cpp
+++ b/indra/llwindow/llwindowsdl2.cpp
@@ -1783,11 +1783,7 @@ void LLWindowSDL::gatherInput()
 				for( auto key: string )
 				{
 					mKeyVirtualKey = key;
-
-					if( (MASK_CONTROL|MASK_ALT)&mKeyModifiers )
-						gKeyboard->handleKeyDown(mKeyVirtualKey, mKeyModifiers );
-					else
-						handleUnicodeUTF16( key, mKeyModifiers );
+					handleUnicodeUTF16( key, mKeyModifiers );
 				}
 				break;
 			}
@@ -1935,7 +1931,7 @@ void LLWindowSDL::gatherInput()
 					// <FS:ND> I think is is not
 					// SDL_SetWindowSize(mWindow, width, height);
 					//
-					
+
 					mCallbacks->handleResize(this, width, height);
 				}
 				else if( event.window.event == SDL_WINDOWEVENT_FOCUS_GAINED ) // <FS:ND> What about SDL_WINDOWEVENT_ENTER (mouse focus)