diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/EntryEditorTab.fxml b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/EntryEditorTab.fxml
index 8ffd1d280c7..8741483ea08 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/EntryEditorTab.fxml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/EntryEditorTab.fxml
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@
     <CheckBox fx:id="enableLatexCitationsTab" text="%Show 'LaTeX Citations' tab"/>
     <CheckBox fx:id="enableValidation" text="%Show validation messages"/>
     <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsKeyBindings" text="%Use Emacs key bindings"/>
-    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindCA" text="%Rebind C-a, too">
+    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindCA" text="%Rebind C-a, too" disable="${!enableEmacsKeyBindings.selected}">
         <padding>
             <Insets left="20.0"/>
         </padding>
     </CheckBox>
-    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindCF" text="%Rebind C-f, too">
+    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindCF" text="%Rebind C-f, too" disable="${!enableEmacsKeyBindings.selected}">
         <padding>
             <Insets left="20.0"/>
         </padding>
     </CheckBox>
-    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindCN" text="%Rebind C-n, too">
+    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindCN" text="%Rebind C-n, too" disable="${!enableEmacsKeyBindings.selected}">
         <padding>
             <Insets left="20.0"/>
         </padding>
     </CheckBox>
-    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindAU" text="%Rebind A-u, too">
+    <CheckBox fx:id="enableEmacsRebindAU" text="%Rebind A-u, too" disable="${!enableEmacsKeyBindings.selected}">
         <padding>
             <Insets left="20.0"/>
         </padding>