diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/browsertab.py b/qutebrowser/browser/browsertab.py
index 1f2be1476..9ad233c68 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/browsertab.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/browsertab.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import typing
 import attr
 from PyQt5.QtCore import (pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot, QUrl, QObject, QSizeF, Qt,
                           QEvent, QPoint)
-from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QKeyEvent, QIcon
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QApplication, QDialog
 from PyQt5.QtPrintSupport import QPrintDialog, QPrinter
 from PyQt5.QtNetwork import QNetworkAccessManager
@@ -1041,7 +1041,11 @@ class AbstractTab(QWidget):
                   key: Qt.Key,
                   modifier: Qt.KeyboardModifier = Qt.NoModifier) -> None:
         """Send a fake key event to this tab."""
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        press_evt = QKeyEvent(QEvent.KeyPress, key, modifier, 0, 0, 0)
+        release_evt = QKeyEvent(QEvent.KeyRelease, key, modifier,
+                                0, 0, 0)
+        self.send_event(press_evt)
+        self.send_event(release_evt)
 
     def dump_async(self,
                    callback: typing.Callable[[str], None], *,
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py
index 63f1201da..e04a28652 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import html as html_utils
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import (pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot, Qt, QEvent, QPoint, QPointF,
                           QUrl, QTimer, QObject)
-from PyQt5.QtGui import QKeyEvent, QIcon
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon
 from PyQt5.QtNetwork import QAuthenticator
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
 from PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets import QWebEnginePage, QWebEngineScript
@@ -1193,13 +1193,6 @@ class WebEngineTab(browsertab.AbstractTab):
         # percent encoded content is 2 megabytes minus 30 bytes.
         self._widget.setHtml(html, base_url)
 
-    def key_press(self, key, modifier=Qt.NoModifier):
-        press_evt = QKeyEvent(QEvent.KeyPress, key, modifier, 0, 0, 0)
-        release_evt = QKeyEvent(QEvent.KeyRelease, key, modifier,
-                                0, 0, 0)
-        self.send_event(press_evt)
-        self.send_event(release_evt)
-
     def _show_error_page(self, url, error):
         """Show an error page in the tab."""
         log.misc.debug("Showing error page for {}".format(error))
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/webkittab.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/webkittab.py
index dcac1a3cb..7f1b8783a 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/webkittab.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/webkittab.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import (pyqtSlot, Qt, QEvent, QUrl, QPoint, QTimer, QSizeF,
                           QSize)
-from PyQt5.QtGui import QKeyEvent, QIcon
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon
 from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebPage, QWebFrame
 from PyQt5.QtWebKit import QWebSettings
 from PyQt5.QtPrintSupport import QPrinter
@@ -755,13 +755,6 @@ class WebKitTab(browsertab.AbstractTab):
     def title(self):
         return self._widget.title()
 
-    def key_press(self, key, modifier=Qt.NoModifier):
-        press_evt = QKeyEvent(QEvent.KeyPress, key, modifier, 0, 0, 0)
-        release_evt = QKeyEvent(QEvent.KeyRelease, key, modifier,
-                                0, 0, 0)
-        self.send_event(press_evt)
-        self.send_event(release_evt)
-
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _on_history_trigger(self):
         url = self.url()