diff --git a/app/checkout/components/CheckoutContent.tsx b/app/checkout/components/CheckoutContent.tsx
index efafb2e..f0e5db9 100644
--- a/app/checkout/components/CheckoutContent.tsx
+++ b/app/checkout/components/CheckoutContent.tsx
@@ -393,13 +393,10 @@ export function CheckoutContent({
         return;
       }
       setVatIdViesStatus(data.valid ? "valid" : "invalid");
-      // Re-focus + select the whole value on an unconfirmed VAT ID — the
-      // customer almost certainly needs to retype it (a typo, or the
-      // wrong id entirely), so the next keystroke should just replace it
-      // outright rather than requiring a manual select-all first.
+      // Re-focus (no select-all) on an unconfirmed VAT ID so the customer's
+      // attention returns to the field without wiping what they typed.
       if (!data.valid) {
         input.focus();
-        input.select();
       }
     } catch {
       setVatIdViesStatus("unavailable");