diff --git a/packages/pinball_components/lib/src/components/plunger.dart b/packages/pinball_components/lib/src/components/plunger.dart
index 5d54d5f7..4116c135 100644
--- a/packages/pinball_components/lib/src/components/plunger.dart
+++ b/packages/pinball_components/lib/src/components/plunger.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import 'package:flame/components.dart';
 import 'package:flame_forge2d/flame_forge2d.dart';
-import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:pinball_components/pinball_components.dart';
 
 /// {@template plunger}
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ import 'package:pinball_components/pinball_components.dart';
 ///
 /// [Plunger] ignores gravity so the player controls its downward [pull].
 /// {@endtemplate}
-class Plunger extends BodyComponent with KeyboardHandler, InitialPosition {
+class Plunger extends BodyComponent with InitialPosition {
   /// {@macro plunger}
   Plunger({
     required this.compressionDistance,
@@ -57,27 +56,6 @@ class Plunger extends BodyComponent with KeyboardHandler, InitialPosition {
     body.linearVelocity = Vector2(0, velocity);
   }
 
-  @override
-  bool onKeyEvent(
-    RawKeyEvent event,
-    Set<LogicalKeyboardKey> keysPressed,
-  ) {
-    final keys = [
-      LogicalKeyboardKey.space,
-      LogicalKeyboardKey.arrowDown,
-      LogicalKeyboardKey.keyS,
-    ];
-    if (!keys.contains(event.logicalKey)) return true;
-
-    if (event is RawKeyDownEvent) {
-      pull();
-    } else if (event is RawKeyUpEvent) {
-      release();
-    }
-
-    return false;
-  }
-
   /// Anchors the [Plunger] to the [PrismaticJoint] that controls its vertical
   /// motion.
   Future<void> _anchorToJoint() async {
diff --git a/packages/pinball_components/sandbox/lib/stories/plunger/plunger_game.dart b/packages/pinball_components/sandbox/lib/stories/plunger/plunger_game.dart
index 4e497b07..baaab21b 100644
--- a/packages/pinball_components/sandbox/lib/stories/plunger/plunger_game.dart
+++ b/packages/pinball_components/sandbox/lib/stories/plunger/plunger_game.dart
@@ -40,14 +40,15 @@ class PlungerGame extends BasicBallGame with KeyboardEvents, Traceable {
     RawKeyEvent event,
     Set<LogicalKeyboardKey> keysPressed,
   ) {
-    final movedDownPlunger = _downKeys.contains(event.logicalKey);
-    if (movedDownPlunger) {
+    final movedPlungerDown = _downKeys.contains(event.logicalKey);
+    if (movedPlungerDown) {
       if (event is RawKeyDownEvent) {
         plunger.pull();
       } else if (event is RawKeyUpEvent) {
         plunger.release();
       }
+      return KeyEventResult.handled;
     }
-    return movedDownPlunger ? KeyEventResult.handled : KeyEventResult.ignored;
+    return KeyEventResult.ignored;
   }
 }