diff --git a/src/motif/app.cpp b/src/motif/app.cpp
index 6cf5ad773d..72ab9cb7b2 100644
--- a/src/motif/app.cpp
+++ b/src/motif/app.cpp
@@ -352,7 +352,11 @@ void wxApp::ProcessXEvent(WXEvent* _event)
             // accelerator.
             return;
 	}
-#if 0 // this isn't necessary anymore ??? -michael
+#if 1
+        // It seemed before that this hack was redundant and 
+        // key down events were being generated by wxCanvasInputEvent.
+        // But no longer - why ???
+        //
 	else if (CheckForKeyDown(_event))
 	{
             // We intercepted and processed the key down event