diff --git a/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/contact/ConversationActivity.java b/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/contact/ConversationActivity.java
index 70dc1ff32171cc1381c75f7b0f2886cd585f028b..676273700d43043aba098a8ecb0d8075281075c3 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/contact/ConversationActivity.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/contact/ConversationActivity.java
@@ -578,7 +578,6 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 		timestamp = Math.max(timestamp, getMinTimestampForNewMessage());
 		createMessage(StringUtils.toUtf8(message), timestamp);
 		content.setText("");
-		hideSoftKeyboard(content);
 	}
 
 	private long getMinTimestampForNewMessage() {