diff --git a/src/platform/cocoamain.mm b/src/platform/cocoamain.mm
index 14e214ba..ad147923 100644
--- a/src/platform/cocoamain.mm
+++ b/src/platform/cocoamain.mm
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ bool TextEditControlIsVisible(void) {
 void SolveSpace::DoMessageBox(const char *str, int rows, int cols, bool error) {
     NSAlert *alert = [[NSAlert alloc] init];
     [alert setAlertStyle:(error ? NSWarningAlertStyle : NSInformationalAlertStyle)];
-    [[alert addButtonWithTitle:@"OK"] setKeyEquivalent: @"\033"];
+    [alert addButtonWithTitle:@"OK"];
 
     /* do some additional formatting of the message these are
        heuristics, but they are made failsafe and lead to nice results. */