diff --git a/Sources/Workspace.swift b/Sources/Workspace.swift
index b7c9754a..565a8427 100644
--- a/Sources/Workspace.swift
+++ b/Sources/Workspace.swift
@@ -8245,9 +8245,6 @@ final class Workspace: Identifiable, ObservableObject {
             applyTabSelection(tabId: tabId, inPane: paneId)
         }
 
-        if let focusedPanelId, focusedPanelId != previousFocusedPanelId {
-            triggerFocusFlash(panelId: focusedPanelId)
-        }
     }
 
     // MARK: - Surface Navigation
diff --git a/cmuxTests/WorkspaceUnitTests.swift b/cmuxTests/WorkspaceUnitTests.swift
index 4a766a9d..1407d1ea 100644
--- a/cmuxTests/WorkspaceUnitTests.swift
+++ b/cmuxTests/WorkspaceUnitTests.swift
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ final class WorkspaceTerminalConfigInheritanceSelectionTests: XCTestCase {
 
 @MainActor
 final class WorkspaceAttentionFlashTests: XCTestCase {
-    func testMoveFocusTriggersWholePaneFlashTokenWhenWholePaneModeEnabled() {
+    func testMoveFocusDoesNotTriggerWholePaneFlashTokenWhenWholePaneModeEnabled() {
         let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
         let originalExperimentEnabled = defaults.object(forKey: TmuxOverlayExperimentSettings.enabledKey)
         let originalExperimentTarget = defaults.object(forKey: TmuxOverlayExperimentSettings.targetKey)
@@ -1111,28 +1111,20 @@ final class WorkspaceAttentionFlashTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(workspace.focusedPanelId, leftPanelId)
         XCTAssertEqual(
             workspace.tmuxWorkspaceFlashToken,
-            1,
-            "Expected moving focus left to advance the workspace-pane flash token"
-        )
-        XCTAssertEqual(
-            workspace.tmuxWorkspaceFlashPanelId,
-            leftPanelId,
-            "Expected moving focus left to target the newly focused pane for whole-pane flash"
+            0,
+            "Expected moving focus left to avoid any workspace-pane flash"
         )
+        XCTAssertNil(workspace.tmuxWorkspaceFlashPanelId)
 
         workspace.moveFocus(direction: .right)
 
         XCTAssertEqual(workspace.focusedPanelId, rightPanel.id)
         XCTAssertEqual(
             workspace.tmuxWorkspaceFlashToken,
-            2,
-            "Expected moving focus right to advance the workspace-pane flash token again"
-        )
-        XCTAssertEqual(
-            workspace.tmuxWorkspaceFlashPanelId,
-            rightPanel.id,
-            "Expected moving focus right to retarget the whole-pane flash to the new pane"
+            0,
+            "Expected moving focus right to avoid any workspace-pane flash"
         )
+        XCTAssertNil(workspace.tmuxWorkspaceFlashPanelId)
     }
 
     func testMoveFocusSuppressesWorkspacePaneFlashWhenAnotherPaneOwnsUnreadAttention() {