diff --git a/js/ui/appDisplay.js b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
index 6bd3b6145..0b545230a 100644
--- a/js/ui/appDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
@@ -121,9 +121,6 @@ var BaseAppView = GObject.registerClass({
         super._init(params);
 
         this._grid = new IconGrid.IconGrid();
-        this._grid.connect('child-focused', (grid, actor) => {
-            this._childFocused(actor);
-        });
         // Standard hack for ClutterBinLayout
         this._grid.x_expand = true;
 
@@ -141,10 +138,6 @@ var BaseAppView = GObject.registerClass({
         });
     }
 
-    _childFocused(_actor) {
-        // Nothing by default
-    }
-
     _redisplay() {
         let oldApps = this._orderedItems.slice();
         let oldAppIds = oldApps.map(icon => icon.id);
@@ -697,10 +690,6 @@ class AppDisplay extends BaseAppView {
         });
     }
 
-    _childFocused(icon) {
-        let itemPage = this._grid.getItemPage(icon);
-        this.goToPage(itemPage);
-    }
 
     // Called before allocation to calculate dynamic spacing
     adaptToSize(width, height) {
@@ -1022,10 +1011,6 @@ class FolderView extends BaseAppView {
         super.vfunc_allocate(box);
     }
 
-    _childFocused(actor) {
-        Util.ensureActorVisibleInScrollView(this._scrollView, actor);
-    }
-
     // Overridden from BaseAppView
     animate(animationDirection) {
         this._grid.animatePulse(animationDirection);
diff --git a/js/ui/iconGrid.js b/js/ui/iconGrid.js
index b6874d5b6..2d2b4548d 100644
--- a/js/ui/iconGrid.js
+++ b/js/ui/iconGrid.js
@@ -1143,7 +1143,6 @@ var IconGrid = GObject.registerClass({
     Signals: {
         'pages-changed': {},
         'animation-done': {},
-        'child-focused': { param_types: [Clutter.Actor.$gtype] },
     },
 }, class IconGrid extends St.Viewport {
     _init(layoutParams = {}) {
@@ -1199,7 +1198,9 @@ var IconGrid = GObject.registerClass({
     }
 
     _childAdded(grid, child) {
-        child._iconGridKeyFocusInId = child.connect('key-focus-in', actor => this.emit('child-focused', actor));
+        child._iconGridKeyFocusInId = child.connect('key-focus-in', () => {
+            this._ensureItemIsVisible(child);
+        });
 
         child._paintVisible = child.opacity > 0;
         child._opacityChangedId = child.connect('notify::opacity', () => {
@@ -1210,6 +1211,14 @@ var IconGrid = GObject.registerClass({
         });
     }
 
+    _ensureItemIsVisible(item) {
+        if (!this.contains(item))
+            throw new Error(`${item} is not a child of IconGrid`);
+
+        const itemPage = this.layout_manager.getItemPage(item);
+        this.goToPage(itemPage);
+    }
+
     _setGridMode(modeIndex) {
         if (this._currentMode === modeIndex)
             return;