diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
index a1d19e257..e56341d80 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
@@ -307,18 +307,11 @@ function createOpenSynapseLinkDialogButton(container: Explorer): CommandButtonCo
 
 function createNewDatabase(container: Explorer): CommandButtonComponentProps {
   const label = "New " + getDatabaseName();
-  const newDatabaseButton = document.activeElement as HTMLElement;
-
   return {
     iconSrc: AddDatabaseIcon,
     iconAlt: label,
     onCommandClick: () =>
-      useSidePanel
-        .getState()
-        .openSidePanel(
-          "New " + getDatabaseName(),
-          <AddDatabasePanel explorer={container} buttonElement={newDatabaseButton} />
-        ),
+      useSidePanel.getState().openSidePanel("New " + getDatabaseName(), <AddDatabasePanel explorer={container} />),
     commandButtonLabel: label,
     ariaLabel: label,
     hasPopup: true,
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddDatabasePanel/AddDatabasePanel.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddDatabasePanel/AddDatabasePanel.tsx
index 2c5009282..3ee59bd30 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddDatabasePanel/AddDatabasePanel.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddDatabasePanel/AddDatabasePanel.tsx
@@ -23,12 +23,10 @@ import { RightPaneForm, RightPaneFormProps } from "../RightPaneForm/RightPaneFor
 
 export interface AddDatabasePaneProps {
   explorer: Explorer;
-  buttonElement?: HTMLElement;
 }
 
 export const AddDatabasePanel: FunctionComponent<AddDatabasePaneProps> = ({
   explorer: container,
-  buttonElement,
 }: AddDatabasePaneProps) => {
   const closeSidePanel = useSidePanel((state) => state.closeSidePanel);
   let throughput: number;
@@ -79,7 +77,6 @@ export const AddDatabasePanel: FunctionComponent<AddDatabasePaneProps> = ({
       dataExplorerArea: Constants.Areas.ContextualPane,
     };
     TelemetryProcessor.trace(Action.CreateDatabase, ActionModifiers.Open, addDatabasePaneOpenMessage);
-    buttonElement.focus();
   }, []);
 
   const onSubmit = () => {
diff --git a/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx b/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
index d13644bd7..b52593707 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
@@ -307,23 +307,16 @@ export class SplashScreen extends React.Component<SplashScreenProps> {
         iconSrc: AddDatabaseIcon,
         title: "New " + getDatabaseName(),
         description: undefined,
-        onClick: () => this.openAddDatabasePanel(),
+        onClick: () =>
+          useSidePanel
+            .getState()
+            .openSidePanel("New " + getDatabaseName(), <AddDatabasePanel explorer={this.container} />),
       });
     }
 
     return items;
   }
 
-  private openAddDatabasePanel() {
-    const newDatabaseButton = document.activeElement as HTMLElement;
-    useSidePanel
-      .getState()
-      .openSidePanel(
-        "New " + getDatabaseName(),
-        <AddDatabasePanel explorer={this.container} buttonElement={newDatabaseButton} />
-      );
-  }
-
   private decorateOpenCollectionActivity({ databaseId, collectionId }: MostRecentActivity.OpenCollectionItem) {
     return {
       iconSrc: NotebookIcon,