diff --git a/src/document/katedocument.cpp b/src/document/katedocument.cpp
--- a/src/document/katedocument.cpp
+++ b/src/document/katedocument.cpp
@@ -3070,7 +3070,6 @@
             if ( nextChar.isEmpty() || ! nextChar.at(0).isLetterOrNumber() ) {
                 insertText(view->cursorPosition(), QString(closingBracket));
                 const auto insertedAt(view->cursorPosition());
-                view->setCursorPosition(cursorPos);
                 m_currentAutobraceRange.reset(newMovingRange({cursorPos - Cursor{0, 1}, insertedAt},
                                                             KTextEditor::MovingRange::DoNotExpand));
                 connect(view, &View::cursorPositionChanged,