diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/style.py b/qutebrowser/utils/style.py
index 92d5006a9..10bdd2f45 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/style.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/style.py
@@ -27,16 +27,11 @@ import functools
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QCommonStyle, QStyle
 
 
-class Style(QCommonStyle):
+class ProxyStyle(QCommonStyle):
 
-    """Qt style to remove Ubuntu focus rectangle uglyness.
-
-    Unfortunately PyQt doesn't support QProxyStyle, so we need to do this the
-    hard way...
+    """Helper to create a Qt proxy style as PyQt doesn't support QProxyStyle.
 
     Based on:
-
-    http://stackoverflow.com/a/17294081
     https://code.google.com/p/makehuman/source/browse/trunk/makehuman/lib/qtgui.py
 
     Attributes:
@@ -57,11 +52,20 @@ class Style(QCommonStyle):
                        'hitTestComplexControl', 'itemPixmapRect',
                        'itemTextRect', 'pixelMetric', 'polish', 'styleHint',
                        'subControlRect', 'subElementRect', 'unpolish',
-                       'sizeFromContents'):
-            target = getattr(self._style, method)
-            setattr(self, method, functools.partial(target))
+                       'sizeFromContents', 'drawPrimitive'):
+            if not getattr(self, method):
+                target = getattr(self._style, method)
+                setattr(self, method, functools.partial(target))
         super().__init__()
 
+
+class NoFocusRectStyle(ProxyStyle):
+
+    """Qt style to remove Ubuntu focus rectangle uglyness.
+
+    Based on http://stackoverflow.com/a/17294081
+    """
+
     def drawPrimitive(self, element, option, painter, widget=None):
         """Override QCommonStyle.drawPrimitive.
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/tabwidget.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/tabwidget.py
index 3c9c116ea..b51d32141 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/tabwidget.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/tabwidget.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon, QPixmap
 
 import qutebrowser.config.config as config
 from qutebrowser.config.style import set_register_stylesheet
-from qutebrowser.utils.style import Style
+from qutebrowser.utils.style import NoFocusRectStyle
 
 
 class EmptyTabIcon(QIcon):
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ class TabWidget(QTabWidget):
 
     def __init__(self, parent):
         super().__init__(parent)
+        self.setStyle(NoFocusRectStyle(self.style()))
         self.setTabBar(TabBar())
         self.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Fixed)
-        self.setStyle(Style(self.style()))
         set_register_stylesheet(self)
         self.setDocumentMode(True)
         self.setElideMode(Qt.ElideRight)