diff --git a/src/components/app/app.ts b/src/components/app/app.ts
index 01dfbf1b4f7..0b6bf44460f 100644
--- a/src/components/app/app.ts
+++ b/src/components/app/app.ts
@@ -264,14 +264,7 @@ export class App {
       if (nav) {
         if (isTabs(nav)) {
           // FYI, using "nav instanceof Tabs" throws a Promise runtime error for whatever reason, idk
-          // this is a Tabs container
-          // see if there is a valid previous tab to go to
-          let prevTab = nav.previousTab(true);
-          if (prevTab) {
-            console.debug('app, goBack previous tab');
-            nav.select(prevTab);
-            return Promise.resolve();
-          }
+          // on tabs, we do nothing. see issue #7611
 
         } else if (isNav(nav) && nav.length() > 1) {
           // this nav controller has more than one view
diff --git a/src/components/app/test/app.spec.ts b/src/components/app/test/app.spec.ts
index 17e9a00cca2..d2c8fe7c1f4 100644
--- a/src/components/app/test/app.spec.ts
+++ b/src/components/app/test/app.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe('App', () => {
 
   describe('goBack', () => {
 
-    it('should select the previous tab', () => {
+    it('should not select the previous tab', () => {
       let nav = mockNavController();
       app._setRootNav(nav);
 
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ describe('App', () => {
 
       app.goBack();
 
-      expect(tabs.select).toHaveBeenCalledWith(tab1);
+      expect(tabs.select).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(tab1.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(tab2.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(portal.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-      expect(platform.exitApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(platform.exitApp).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
     it('should pop from the active tab, when tabs is nested is the root nav', () => {
diff --git a/src/gestures/slide-gesture.ts b/src/gestures/slide-gesture.ts
index c06308350b1..272b58c158b 100644
--- a/src/gestures/slide-gesture.ts
+++ b/src/gestures/slide-gesture.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { PanGesture } from './drag-gesture';
 import { clamp, assert } from '../util/util';
-import { nativeRaf, pointerCoord } from '../util/dom';
+import { pointerCoord } from '../util/dom';
 
 /**
  * @private