diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
index e98a8a561d..fd51d5ee5f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
@@ -185,9 +185,6 @@ class GitLabDropdown
             @fullData = data
 
             @parseData @fullData
-
-            if @options.filterable
-              @filterInput.trigger 'keyup'
         }
 
     # Init filterable