diff --git a/Sources/AppDelegate.swift b/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
index bffe3632..3a13393f 100644
--- a/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -1620,10 +1620,10 @@ func commandPaletteSelectionDeltaForKeyboardNavigation(
 
     if normalizedFlags == [.control] {
         // Control modifiers can surface as either printable chars or ASCII control chars.
+        // Keep Emacs-style next/previous navigation, but leave other control bindings
+        // (for example Ctrl+K text editing in the palette search field) to AppKit.
         if keyCode == 45 || normalizedChars == "n" || normalizedChars == "\u{0e}" { return 1 }    // Ctrl+N
         if keyCode == 35 || normalizedChars == "p" || normalizedChars == "\u{10}" { return -1 }   // Ctrl+P
-        if keyCode == 38 || normalizedChars == "j" || normalizedChars == "\u{0a}" { return 1 }    // Ctrl+J
-        if keyCode == 40 || normalizedChars == "k" || normalizedChars == "\u{0b}" { return -1 }   // Ctrl+K
     }
 
     return nil