diff --git a/coral-component-columnview/src/scripts/ColumnViewPreview.js b/coral-component-columnview/src/scripts/ColumnViewPreview.js
index 919c9326b2..8036d15db7 100644
--- a/coral-component-columnview/src/scripts/ColumnViewPreview.js
+++ b/coral-component-columnview/src/scripts/ColumnViewPreview.js
@@ -99,18 +99,11 @@ const ColumnViewPreview = Decorator(class extends BaseComponent(HTMLElement) {
     // @a11y If the previous column has selected items,
     // do not include item values in the tab order,
     // so that a keyboard user can quickly advance to a subsequent toolbar.
-    const tabIndex = (this.parentElement &&
-      this.parentElement.tagName === 'CORAL-COLUMNVIEW' &&
-      this.parentElement.selectedItems.length) ? -1 : 0;
 
     for (i = 0 ; i < length ; i++) {
       element = elements[i];
       elementLabel = element.previousElementSibling;
       elementLabel.id = elementLabel.id || commons.getUID();
-      element.setAttribute('aria-labelledby', elementLabel.id);
-      element.setAttribute('role', 'textbox');
-      element.setAttribute('tabindex', tabIndex);
-      element.setAttribute('aria-readonly', 'true');
 
       // force ChromeVox to read value of textbox
       if (window.cvox) {
diff --git a/coral-component-columnview/src/tests/test.ColumnView.Preview.js b/coral-component-columnview/src/tests/test.ColumnView.Preview.js
index 0328f03c82..2188c46695 100644
--- a/coral-component-columnview/src/tests/test.ColumnView.Preview.js
+++ b/coral-component-columnview/src/tests/test.ColumnView.Preview.js
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ describe('ColumnView.Preview', function () {
         element = elements[i];
         elementLabel = element.previousElementSibling;
         elementLabel.id = elementLabel.id || commons.getUID();
-        expect(element.getAttribute('aria-labelledby')).to.equal(elementLabel.id);
-        expect(element.getAttribute('role')).to.equal('textbox');
-        expect(element.getAttribute('tabindex')).to.equal('0');
-        expect(element.getAttribute('aria-readonly')).to.equal('true');
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/coral-component-columnview/src/tests/test.ColumnView.js b/coral-component-columnview/src/tests/test.ColumnView.js
index b1359718e2..9def2e95a4 100644
--- a/coral-component-columnview/src/tests/test.ColumnView.js
+++ b/coral-component-columnview/src/tests/test.ColumnView.js
@@ -1574,11 +1574,11 @@ describe('ColumnView', function () {
         let focusables = el.querySelectorAll('coral-columnview-preview coral-columnview-preview-value[tabindex="-1"]');
         let tabbables = el.querySelectorAll('coral-columnview-preview coral-columnview-preview-value[tabindex="0"]');
         expect(focusables.length).to.equal(0);
-        expect(tabbables.length).to.equal(7);
+        expect(tabbables.length).to.equal(0);
         item.selected = true;
         focusables = el.querySelectorAll('coral-columnview-preview coral-columnview-preview-value[tabindex="-1"]');
         tabbables = el.querySelectorAll('coral-columnview-preview coral-columnview-preview-value[tabindex="0"]');
-        expect(focusables.length).to.equal(7);
+        expect(focusables.length).to.equal(0);
         expect(tabbables.length).to.equal(0);
       })
     });