diff --git a/api-generator/components/checkbox.js b/api-generator/components/checkbox.js
index 40f547fd4..d98987487 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/checkbox.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/checkbox.js
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ const CheckboxProps = [
         default: "false",
         description: "Allows to select a boolean value instead of multiple values."
     },
-    {
-        name: "tabindex",
-        type: "number",
-        default: "null",
-        description: "Index of the element in tabbing order."
-    },
     {
         name: "class",
         type: "string",
diff --git a/src/components/checkbox/Checkbox.d.ts b/src/components/checkbox/Checkbox.d.ts
index 0bc386ed1..5129df124 100755
--- a/src/components/checkbox/Checkbox.d.ts
+++ b/src/components/checkbox/Checkbox.d.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ export interface CheckboxProps {
      * Allows to select a boolean value instead of multiple values.
      */
     binary?: boolean;
-    /**
-     * Index of the element in tabbing order.
-     */
-    tabindex?: number;
     /**
      * Style class of the component input field.
      */
diff --git a/src/components/checkbox/Checkbox.vue b/src/components/checkbox/Checkbox.vue
index 1c6771ef6..13713eb56 100755
--- a/src/components/checkbox/Checkbox.vue
+++ b/src/components/checkbox/Checkbox.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <template>
     <div :class="containerClass" @click="onClick($event)" :style="style">
         <div class="p-hidden-accessible">
-            <input ref="input" type="checkbox" :checked="checked" :value="value" v-bind="$attrs" :tabindex="tabindex" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur">
+            <input ref="input" type="checkbox" :checked="checked" :value="value" v-bind="$attrs" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur">
         </div>
         <div ref="box" :class="['p-checkbox-box', {'p-highlight': checked, 'p-disabled': $attrs.disabled, 'p-focus': focused}]">
             <span :class="['p-checkbox-icon', {'pi pi-check': checked}]"></span>
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ export default {
         binary: Boolean,
         class: null,
         style: null,
-        tabindex: {
-            type: Number,
-            default: null
-        },
         trueValue: {
             type: null,
             default: true
diff --git a/src/views/checkbox/CheckboxDoc.vue b/src/views/checkbox/CheckboxDoc.vue
index d1002aafa..3155ff01e 100755
--- a/src/views/checkbox/CheckboxDoc.vue
+++ b/src/views/checkbox/CheckboxDoc.vue
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ export default {
                         <td>false</td>
                         <td>Allows to select a boolean value instead of multiple values.</td>
                     </tr>
-                    <tr>
-                        <td>tabindex</td>
-                        <td>number</td>
-                        <td>null</td>
-                        <td>Index of the element in tabbing order.</td>
-                    </tr>
                     <tr>
                         <td>style</td>
                         <td>any</td>