1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/server/src/com/vaadin/ui/Panel.java b/server/src/com/vaadin/ui/Panel.java
index 5112a732ac..b0242cc32d 100644
--- a/server/src/com/vaadin/ui/Panel.java
+++ b/server/src/com/vaadin/ui/Panel.java
@@ -348,9 +348,8 @@ public class Panel extends AbstractSingleComponentContainer implements
     public void readDesign(Element design, DesignContext designContext) {
         super.readDesign(design, designContext);
         // handle tabindex
-        Panel def = designContext.getDefaultInstance(this.getClass());
         int tabIndex = DesignAttributeHandler.readAttribute("tabindex",
-                design.attributes(), def.getTabIndex(), Integer.class);
+                design.attributes(), Integer.class);
         setTabIndex(tabIndex);
     }