diff --git a/core/src/components/segment/segment.tsx b/core/src/components/segment/segment.tsx
index 6526ad3fd00..72464ad9d8a 100644
--- a/core/src/components/segment/segment.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/segment/segment.tsx
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ export class Segment implements ComponentInterface {
 
     const checkedValidButton = this.setNextIndex(detail, true);
 
-    detail.event.preventDefault();
     detail.event.stopImmediatePropagation();
 
     if (checkedValidButton) {