diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
index 6886b466348..4802934cb43 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -316,7 +316,13 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
             });
         });
 
-        this.trigger_up('go_to_parent', {$snippet: this.$target});
+        const parent = this.$target[0].parentElement;
+        const nextSibling = this.$target[0].nextElementSibling;
+        const previousSibling = this.$target[0].previousElementSibling;
+        this.trigger_up('activate_snippet', {
+            $snippet: $(previousSibling || nextSibling || parent)
+        });
+
         var $parent = this.$target.parent();
         this.$target.find('*').addBack().tooltip('dispose');
         this.$target.remove();
@@ -658,7 +664,7 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
             }
         }
 
-        this.trigger_up('go_to_parent', {$snippet: this.$target});
+        this.trigger_up('activate_snippet', {$snippet: this.$target.parent()});
         this.trigger_up('activate_insertion_zones', {
             $selectorSiblings: $selectorSiblings,
             $selectorChildren: $selectorChildren,
@@ -921,7 +927,6 @@ var SnippetsMenu = Widget.extend({
         'deactivate_snippet': '_onDeactivateSnippet',
         'drag_and_drop_stop': '_onDragAndDropStop',
         'get_snippet_versions': '_onGetSnippetVersions',
-        'go_to_parent': '_onGoToParent',
         'remove_snippet': '_onRemoveSnippet',
         'snippet_edition_request': '_onSnippetEditionRequest',
         'snippet_editor_destroyed': '_onSnippetEditorDestroyed',
@@ -2333,17 +2338,6 @@ var SnippetsMenu = Widget.extend({
         await this._destroyEditors($modal.length ? $modal : null);
         await this._activateSnippet(ev.data.$snippet);
     },
-    /**
-     * Called when a snippet editor asked to disable itself and to enable its
-     * parent instead.
-     *
-     * @private
-     * @param {OdooEvent} ev
-     */
-    _onGoToParent: function (ev) {
-        ev.stopPropagation();
-        this._activateSnippet(ev.data.$snippet.parent());
-    },
     /**
      * @private
      */