diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
index 8ccb0557cb..32c63b9f93 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
@@ -1835,16 +1835,16 @@ void QCommonListViewBase::removeHiddenRow(int row)
 
 void QCommonListViewBase::updateHorizontalScrollBar(const QSize &step)
 {
-    horizontalScrollBar()->setSingleStep(step.width() + spacing());
     horizontalScrollBar()->setPageStep(viewport()->width());
     horizontalScrollBar()->setRange(0, contentsSize.width() - viewport()->width());
+    // we do not want to overwrite (a possible user set) single step
 }
 
-void QCommonListViewBase::updateVerticalScrollBar(const QSize &step)
+void QCommonListViewBase::updateVerticalScrollBar(const QSize & /*step*/)
 {
-    verticalScrollBar()->setSingleStep(step.height() + spacing());
     verticalScrollBar()->setPageStep(viewport()->height());
     verticalScrollBar()->setRange(0, contentsSize.height() - viewport()->height());
+    // we do not want to overwrite (a possible user set) single step
 }
 
 void QCommonListViewBase::scrollContentsBy(int dx, int dy, bool /*scrollElasticBand*/)
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview.cpp
index d282397c1b..871ad656ea 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview.cpp
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ void QTableView::updateGeometries()
     } else { // ScrollPerPixel
         horizontalScrollBar()->setPageStep(vsize.width());
         horizontalScrollBar()->setRange(0, horizontalLength - vsize.width());
-        horizontalScrollBar()->setSingleStep(qMax(vsize.width() / (columnsInViewport + 1), 2));
+        // here we do not want to overwrite (a possible user set) single step
     }
 
     // vertical scroll bar
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@ void QTableView::updateGeometries()
     } else { // ScrollPerPixel
         verticalScrollBar()->setPageStep(vsize.height());
         verticalScrollBar()->setRange(0, verticalLength - vsize.height());
-        verticalScrollBar()->setSingleStep(qMax(vsize.height() / (rowsInViewport + 1), 2));
+        // here we do not want to overwrite (a possible user set) single step
     }
 
     d->geometryRecursionBlock = false;
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp
index b1ac4eba7b..54b663274d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp
@@ -3666,7 +3666,7 @@ void QTreeViewPrivate::updateScrollBars()
         }
         vbar->setRange(0, contentsHeight - viewportSize.height());
         vbar->setPageStep(viewportSize.height());
-        vbar->setSingleStep(qMax(viewportSize.height() / (itemsInViewport + 1), 2));
+        // here we do not want to overwrite (a possible user set) single step
     }
 
     const int columnCount = header->count();
@@ -3692,7 +3692,7 @@ void QTreeViewPrivate::updateScrollBars()
             viewportSize = maxSize;
         hbar->setPageStep(viewportSize.width());
         hbar->setRange(0, qMax(horizontalLength - viewportSize.width(), 0));
-        hbar->setSingleStep(qMax(viewportSize.width() / (columnsInViewport + 1), 2));
+        // here we do not want to overwrite (a possible user set) single step
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtableview/tst_qtableview.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtableview/tst_qtableview.cpp
index dfb780c8fa..76ac6bcf19 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtableview/tst_qtableview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtableview/tst_qtableview.cpp
@@ -3702,7 +3702,7 @@ void tst_QTableView::mouseWheel_data()
             << 10 + qApp->wheelScrollLines() << 10 + qApp->wheelScrollLines();
     QTest::newRow("scroll down per pixel")
             << int(QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel) << -120
-            << 10 + qApp->wheelScrollLines() * 89 << 10 + qApp->wheelScrollLines() * 28;
+            << 10 + qApp->wheelScrollLines() << 10 + qApp->wheelScrollLines();
 }
 
 void tst_QTableView::mouseWheel()