diff --git a/lisp/ox-texinfo.el b/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
index e6aa3e5bc..c67675e03 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@
   :filters-alist
   '((:filter-headline . org-texinfo--filter-section-blank-lines)
     (:filter-parse-tree . org-texinfo--normalize-headlines)
-    (:filter-section . org-texinfo--filter-section-blank-lines))
+    (:filter-section . org-texinfo--filter-section-blank-lines)
+    (:filter-final-output . org-texinfo--untabify))
   :menu-entry
   '(?i "Export to Texinfo"
        ((?t "As TEXI file" org-texinfo-export-to-texinfo)
@@ -405,6 +406,10 @@ If two strings share the same prefix (e.g. \"ISO-8859-1\" and
 
 ;;; Internal Functions
 
+(defun org-texinfo--untabify (s _backend _info)
+  "Remove TAB characters in string S."
+  (replace-regexp-in-string "\t" (make-string tab-width ?\s) s))
+
 (defun org-texinfo--filter-section-blank-lines (headline _backend _info)
   "Filter controlling number of blank lines after a section."
   (replace-regexp-in-string "\n\\(?:\n[ \t]*\\)*\\'" "\n\n" headline))