diff --git a/widgets/displaytext.cpp b/widgets/displaytext.cpp
index 8058908ba..ca3372f48 100644
--- a/widgets/displaytext.cpp
+++ b/widgets/displaytext.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ void DisplayText::setContentFont(QFont const& font)
 void DisplayText::mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
 {
   Q_EMIT selectCallsign(e->modifiers ());
-  QTextEdit::mouseDoubleClickEvent(e);
 }
 
 void DisplayText::insertLineSpacer(QString const& line)
diff --git a/widgets/displaytext.h b/widgets/displaytext.h
index feb599303..cd3426af9 100644
--- a/widgets/displaytext.h
+++ b/widgets/displaytext.h
@@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ public:
   Q_SLOT void erase ();
   Q_SLOT void highlight_callsign (QString const& callsign, QColor const& bg, QColor const& fg, bool last_only);
 
-protected:
-  void mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *e);
-
 private:
+  void mouseDoubleClickEvent (QMouseEvent *) override;
+
   void extend_vertical_scrollbar (int min, int max);
 
   Configuration const * m_config;