diff --git a/accessible/src/html/nsHTMLSelectAccessible.cpp b/accessible/src/html/nsHTMLSelectAccessible.cpp
index 03ad927ad99..ef51210a13c 100644
--- a/accessible/src/html/nsHTMLSelectAccessible.cpp
+++ b/accessible/src/html/nsHTMLSelectAccessible.cpp
@@ -1070,7 +1070,6 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsHTMLComboboxAccessible::Shutdown()
 /**
   * As a nsHTMLComboboxAccessible we can have the following states:
   *     STATE_FOCUSED
-  *     STATE_READONLY
   *     STATE_FOCUSABLE
   *     STATE_HASPOPUP
   *     STATE_EXPANDED
@@ -1100,7 +1099,6 @@ nsHTMLComboboxAccessible::GetState(PRUint32 *aState, PRUint32 *aExtraState)
   }
 
   *aState |= nsIAccessibleStates::STATE_HASPOPUP |
-             nsIAccessibleStates::STATE_READONLY |
              nsIAccessibleStates::STATE_FOCUSABLE;
 
   return NS_OK;
diff --git a/accessible/src/xul/nsXULSelectAccessible.cpp b/accessible/src/xul/nsXULSelectAccessible.cpp
index 33249d8c325..32fac4ffe5f 100644
--- a/accessible/src/xul/nsXULSelectAccessible.cpp
+++ b/accessible/src/xul/nsXULSelectAccessible.cpp
@@ -1031,7 +1031,6 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsXULComboboxAccessible::GetRole(PRUint32 *aRole)
 /**
   * As a nsComboboxAccessible we can have the following states:
   *     STATE_FOCUSED
-  *     STATE_READONLY
   *     STATE_FOCUSABLE
   *     STATE_HASPOPUP
   *     STATE_EXPANDED
@@ -1057,11 +1056,6 @@ nsXULComboboxAccessible::GetState(PRUint32 *aState, PRUint32 *aExtraState)
     else {
       *aState |= nsIAccessibleStates::STATE_COLLAPSED;
     }
-    PRBool isEditable;
-    menuList->GetEditable(&isEditable);
-    if (!isEditable) {
-      *aState |= nsIAccessibleStates::STATE_READONLY;
-    }
   }
 
   *aState |= nsIAccessibleStates::STATE_HASPOPUP |