diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx
index a4ce6ada24dd..7f5b8d543875 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx
@@ -1916,7 +1916,6 @@ void SwWW8ImplReader::ImportDop()
 
     m_rDoc.getIDocumentSettingAccess().set(DocumentSettingId::INVERT_BORDER_SPACING, true);
     m_rDoc.getIDocumentSettingAccess().set(DocumentSettingId::COLLAPSE_EMPTY_CELL_PARA, true);
-    m_rDoc.getIDocumentSettingAccess().set(DocumentSettingId::TAB_OVERFLOW, true);
     m_rDoc.getIDocumentSettingAccess().set(DocumentSettingId::UNBREAKABLE_NUMBERINGS, true);
     m_rDoc.getIDocumentSettingAccess().set(DocumentSettingId::CLIPPED_PICTURES, true);
     m_rDoc.getIDocumentSettingAccess().set(DocumentSettingId::TAB_OVER_MARGIN, true);
diff --git a/writerfilter/source/filter/WriterFilter.cxx b/writerfilter/source/filter/WriterFilter.cxx
index f1a57253b125..2d20ab1ef0c3 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/filter/WriterFilter.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/filter/WriterFilter.cxx
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ void WriterFilter::setTargetDocument(const uno::Reference<lang::XComponent>& xDo
     xSettings->setPropertyValue("IgnoreTabsAndBlanksForLineCalculation", uno::makeAny(true));
     xSettings->setPropertyValue("InvertBorderSpacing", uno::makeAny(true));
     xSettings->setPropertyValue("CollapseEmptyCellPara", uno::makeAny(true));
-    xSettings->setPropertyValue("TabOverflow", uno::makeAny(true));
     // tdf#142404 TabOverSpacing (new for compatibilityMode15/Word2013+) is a subset of TabOverMargin
     // (which applied to DOCX <= compatibilityMode14).
     // TabOverMargin looks at tabs beyond the normal text area,