diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.js
index 9920069aa5a..4099442a1c9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.js
@@ -1839,20 +1839,6 @@ export class ListRenderer extends Component {
         });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Handles the :hover effect on sortable column headers
-     *
-     * @private
-     * @param {MouseEvent} ev
-     */
-    onHoverSortColumn(ev, column) {
-        if (this.props.list.orderBy.length && this.props.list.orderBy[0].name === column.name) {
-            return;
-        } else if (this.isSortable(column) && column.widget !== "handle") {
-            ev.target.classList.toggle("table-active", ev.type == "mouseenter");
-        }
-    }
-
     onColumnTitleMouseUp() {
         if (this.resizing) {
             this.preventReorder = true;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml b/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml
index 56206fed12b..5d5df5ba627 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
                             <th t-if="column.type === 'field'"
                                 t-att-data-name="column.name"
                                 t-att-class="getColumnClass(column) + ' opacity-trigger-hover'"
-                                t-on-mouseenter="ev => this.onHoverSortColumn(ev, column)"
-                                t-on-mouseleave="ev => this.onHoverSortColumn(ev, column)"
                                 t-on-mouseup="onColumnTitleMouseUp"
                                 t-on-click="() => this.onClickSortColumn(column)"
                                 t-on-keydown.synthetic="(ev) => this.onCellKeydown(ev)"