diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/selection/src/ListKeyboardDelegate.ts b/packages/@react-aria/selection/src/ListKeyboardDelegate.ts
index c92e16fc8e1..f76d740f5af 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/selection/src/ListKeyboardDelegate.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/selection/src/ListKeyboardDelegate.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class ListKeyboardDelegate<T> implements KeyboardDelegate {
     let nextKey = key;
     while (nextKey != null) {
       let item = this.collection.getItem(nextKey);
-      if (item?.type === 'loader' || (item?.type === 'item' && !this.isDisabled(item))) {
+      if (item?.type === 'item' && !this.isDisabled(item)) {
         return nextKey;
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-aria-components/example/index.css b/packages/react-aria-components/example/index.css
index b75f3affb7f..d2c97174ef5 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria-components/example/index.css
+++ b/packages/react-aria-components/example/index.css
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ html {
   }
 }
 
-.tree-loader,
 .tree-item {
   padding: 4px 5px;
   outline: none;
diff --git a/packages/react-aria-components/src/Tree.tsx b/packages/react-aria-components/src/Tree.tsx
index 0321841dfe3..58a507b1809 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria-components/src/Tree.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-aria-components/src/Tree.tsx
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ export const TreeItem = /*#__PURE__*/ createBranchComponent('item', <T extends o
   );
 });
 
-export interface UNSTABLE_TreeLoadingIndicatorRenderProps extends Pick<TreeItemRenderProps, 'isFocused' | 'isFocusVisible'> {
+export interface UNSTABLE_TreeLoadingIndicatorRenderProps {
   /**
    * What level the tree item has within the tree.
    * @selector [data-level]
@@ -711,44 +711,36 @@ export interface TreeLoaderProps extends RenderProps<UNSTABLE_TreeLoadingIndicat
 
 export const UNSTABLE_TreeLoadingIndicator = createLeafComponent('loader', function TreeLoader<T extends object>(props: TreeLoaderProps,  ref: ForwardedRef<HTMLDivElement>, item: Node<T>) {
   let state = useContext(TreeStateContext)!;
-  ref = useObjectRef<HTMLDivElement>(ref);
-  let {rowProps, gridCellProps, ...states} = useTreeItem({node: item}, state, ref);
+  // This loader row is is non-interactable, but we want the same aria props calculated as a typical row
+  // @ts-ignore
+  let {rowProps} = useTreeItem({node: item}, state, ref);
   let level = rowProps['aria-level'] || 1;
 
   let ariaProps = {
-    role: 'row',
     'aria-level': rowProps['aria-level'],
     'aria-posinset': rowProps['aria-posinset'],
-    'aria-setsize': rowProps['aria-setsize'],
-    tabIndex: rowProps.tabIndex
+    'aria-setsize': rowProps['aria-setsize']
   };
 
-  let {isFocusVisible, focusProps} = useFocusRing();
-
   let renderProps = useRenderProps({
     ...props,
     id: undefined,
     children: item.rendered,
     defaultClassName: 'react-aria-TreeLoader',
     values: {
-      level,
-      isFocused: states.isFocused,
-      isFocusVisible
+      level
     }
   });
 
   return (
     <>
       <div
+        role="row"
         ref={ref}
-        {...mergeProps(filterDOMProps(props as any), ariaProps, focusProps)}
+        {...mergeProps(filterDOMProps(props as any), ariaProps)}
         {...renderProps}
-        data-key={rowProps['data-key']}
-        data-collection={rowProps['data-collection']}
-        data-focused={states.isFocused || undefined}
-        data-focus-visible={isFocusVisible || undefined}
         data-level={level}>
-        <div {...gridCellProps}>
+        <div role="gridcell" aria-colindex={1}>
           {renderProps.children}
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/packages/react-aria-components/stories/Tree.stories.tsx b/packages/react-aria-components/stories/Tree.stories.tsx
index e0a6f43bdc8..f089d0ec971 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria-components/stories/Tree.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-aria-components/stories/Tree.stories.tsx
@@ -208,11 +208,7 @@ let rows = [
 
 const MyTreeLoader = () => {
   return (
-    <UNSTABLE_TreeLoadingIndicator
-      className={({isFocused, isFocusVisible}) => classNames(styles, 'tree-loader', {
-        focused: isFocused,
-        'focus-visible': isFocusVisible
-      })}>      
+    <UNSTABLE_TreeLoadingIndicator>
       {({level}) => {
         let message = `Level ${level} loading spinner`;
         if (level === 1) {
diff --git a/packages/react-aria-components/test/Tree.test.tsx b/packages/react-aria-components/test/Tree.test.tsx
index de26b539368..6640907afd1 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria-components/test/Tree.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-aria-components/test/Tree.test.tsx
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ describe('Tree', () => {
       expect(cell).toHaveAttribute('aria-colindex', '1');
     });
 
-    it('should focus the load more row when using ArrowDown/ArrowUp', async () => {
+    it('should not focus the load more row when using ArrowDown/ArrowUp', async () => {
       let {getAllByRole} = render(<LoadingMoreTree isLoading />);
 
       let rows = getAllByRole('row');
@@ -1133,18 +1133,19 @@ describe('Tree', () => {
 
       await user.tab();
       expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[0]);
-      for (let i = 1; i < 8; i++) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
         await user.keyboard('{ArrowDown}');
-        expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[i]);
       }
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[5]);
 
-      for (let i = 6; i >= 0; i--) {
-        await user.keyboard('{ArrowUp}');
-        expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[i]);
-      }
+      await user.keyboard('{ArrowDown}');
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[7]);
+
+      await user.keyboard('{ArrowUp}');
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[5]);
     });
 
-    it('should focus the load more row when using End', async () => {
+    it('should not focus the load more row when using End', async () => {
       let {getAllByRole} = render(<LoadingMoreTree isLoading />);
 
       let rows = getAllByRole('row');
@@ -1154,14 +1155,14 @@ describe('Tree', () => {
       await user.tab();
       expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[0]);
       await user.keyboard('{End}');
-      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[21]);
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[20]);
 
       // Check that it didn't shift the focusedkey to the loader key even if DOM focus didn't shift to the loader
       await user.keyboard('{ArrowUp}');
-      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[20]);
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[19]);
     });
 
-    it('should focus the load more row when using PageDown', async () => {
+    it('should not focus the load more row when using PageDown', async () => {
       let {getAllByRole} = render(<LoadingMoreTree isLoading />);
 
       let rows = getAllByRole('row');
@@ -1171,11 +1172,11 @@ describe('Tree', () => {
       await user.tab();
       expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[0]);
       await user.keyboard('{PageDown}');
-      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[21]);
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[20]);
 
       // Check that it didn't shift the focusedkey to the loader key even if DOM focus didn't shift to the loader
       await user.keyboard('{ArrowUp}');
-      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[20]);
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[19]);
     });
 
     it('should not render no results state and the loader at the same time', () => {