diff --git a/gtk/gtknsview.c b/gtk/gtknsview.c
index 5b9961eb14..515bc369fc 100644
--- a/gtk/gtknsview.c
+++ b/gtk/gtknsview.c
@@ -739,54 +739,17 @@ gtk_ns_view_key_press (GtkWidget   *widget,
   GtkNSView *ns_view = GTK_NS_VIEW (widget);
   NSEvent *nsevent = gdk_quartz_event_get_nsevent ((GdkEvent *) event);
 
-  if (gtk_ns_view_forward_event (widget, event))
-    {
-      NSWindow *ns_window = [ns_view->priv->view window];
-      NSResponder *responder = [ns_window firstResponder];
-
-      gint command_mask = gdk_quartz_get_fix_modifiers () ? GDK_MOD2_MASK : GDK_MOD1_MASK;
+  if ([nsevent type] != NSEventTypeKeyDown) {
+    return GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (gtk_ns_view_parent_class)->key_press_event (widget, event);
+  }
 
-      if ([responder isKindOfClass: [NSTextView class]] &&
-          (event->state & (GDK_SHIFT_MASK | GDK_CONTROL_MASK |
-                           GDK_MOD1_MASK | GDK_MOD2_MASK)) == command_mask)
-        {
-          NSTextView *text_view = (NSTextView *) responder;
-          NSRange range = [text_view selectedRange];
-          gboolean has_selection = range.length > 0;
+  NSWindow *ns_window = [ns_view->priv->view window];
+  NSResponder *responder = [ns_window firstResponder];
+  if (responder) {
+    [[ns_window firstResponder] interpretKeyEvents:@[nsevent]];
 
-          switch (event->keyval)
-            {
-            case GDK_KEY_c: /* copy */
-              if (has_selection)
-                [text_view copy: text_view];
-              return TRUE;
-
-            case GDK_KEY_x: /* cut */
-              if (has_selection)
-                [text_view cut: text_view];
-              return TRUE;
-
-            case GDK_KEY_v: /* paste */
-              [text_view paste: text_view];
-              return TRUE;
-
-            case GDK_KEY_a: /* all */
-              range.location = 0;
-              range.length = [[text_view string] length];
-              [text_view setSelectedRange: range];
-              return TRUE;
-
-            default:
-              break;
-            }
-        }
-      else
-        {
-          [ns_window sendEvent:nsevent];
-
-          return TRUE;
-        }
-    }
+    return TRUE;
+  }
 
   return GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (gtk_ns_view_parent_class)->key_press_event (widget, event);
 }