diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceDragSource.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceDragSource.swift
index 77127583c..21416ac75 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceDragSource.swift	
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceDragSource.swift	
@@ -214,9 +214,6 @@ extension Ghostty {
             movedTo screenPoint: NSPoint
         ) {
             NSCursor.closedHand.set()
-            
-            // Handle hovering over a tab bar.
-            detectTabBarHover(at: screenPoint)
         }
         
         func draggingSession(
@@ -229,8 +226,6 @@ extension Ghostty {
                 self.escapeMonitor = nil
             }
             
-            hoveredTabState = nil
-            
             if operation == [] && !dragCancelledByEscape {
                 let endsInWindow = NSApplication.shared.windows.contains { window in
                     window.isVisible && window.frame.contains(screenPoint)
@@ -247,79 +242,6 @@ extension Ghostty {
             isTracking = false
             onDragStateChanged?(false)
         }
-        
-        // MARK: Hovered Native Tabs
-        
-        /// The currently hovered tab, tracked to detect when hover changes.
-        private var hoveredTabState: HoveredTabState?
-        
-        /// This detects if the drag hover is over a native tab bar in our app. If it is then
-        /// we start a timer to focus that tab if the drag remains over it.
-        private func detectTabBarHover(at screenPoint: NSPoint) {
-            for window in NSApplication.shared.windows {
-                if let index = window.tabIndex(atScreenPoint: screenPoint) {
-                    let state: HoveredTabState = .init(window: window, index: index)
-                    guard hoveredTabState != state else {
-                        // We already are tracking this.
-                        return
-                    }
-                    
-                    // Stop our prior state since we've changed tabs.
-                    hoveredTabState = nil
-                    
-                    // Grab our window and ensure that it isn't the key window. If
-                    // it is already key then the tab is already focused so we don't
-                    // need to do it again.
-                    guard let targetWindow = window.tabbedWindows?[safe: index] else { return }
-                    guard !targetWindow.isKeyWindow else { return }
-                    
-                    // Start our timer to focus it and store our state.
-                    state.startTimer()
-                    hoveredTabState = state
-                    return
-                }
-            }
-            
-            hoveredTabState = nil
-        }
-        
-        fileprivate class HoveredTabState: Equatable {
-            let window: NSWindow
-            let index: Int
-            var focusTimer: Timer?
-            
-            /// Duration to hover over a tab before it becomes focused.
-            private static let hoverDelay: TimeInterval = 0.5
-            
-            init(window: NSWindow, index: Int) {
-                self.window = window
-                self.index = index
-            }
-            
-            deinit {
-                focusTimer?.invalidate()
-            }
-            
-            func startTimer() {
-                focusTimer?.invalidate()
-                focusTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(
-                    withTimeInterval: Self.hoverDelay,
-                    repeats: false) { [weak self] _ in
-                    self?.focus()
-                }
-            }
-            
-            private func focus() {
-                guard let targetWindow = window.tabbedWindows?[safe: index] else { return }
-                targetWindow.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
-            }
-            
-            static func == (lhs: HoveredTabState, rhs: HoveredTabState) -> Bool {
-                return
-                    lhs.window == rhs.window &&
-                    lhs.index == rhs.index
-            }
-        }
     }
 }