diff --git a/RemesherPlugin.cc b/RemesherPlugin.cc
index f23f2d836dd8097e6355e5cfb7d7dd0efb3218e8..f643125710dda720fcce23c73ee6bb4471affd2c 100644
--- a/RemesherPlugin.cc
+++ b/RemesherPlugin.cc
@@ -511,7 +511,4 @@ void RemesherPlugin::uniformRemeshingFaceSelection(int           _objectID,
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#if QT_VERSION < 0x050000
-  Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2( remesherplugin, RemesherPlugin );
-#endif
 
diff --git a/RemesherPlugin.hh b/RemesherPlugin.hh
index 9246d271f1bbf343600af934308deea9fce2bff6..6dd27f0b8b2921e921a83b65010cd0c10b80d464 100644
--- a/RemesherPlugin.hh
+++ b/RemesherPlugin.hh
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ Q_INTERFACES(RPCInterface)
 Q_INTERFACES(ProcessInterface)
 Q_INTERFACES(ScriptInterface)
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
   Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.OpenFlipper.Plugins.Plugin-Remesher")
-#endif
 
 signals:
   
diff --git a/RemesherToolbox.hh b/RemesherToolbox.hh
index 631e004284fe54fc16eac07ef15aa8d3007c496c..70abf84a0d81d517733ec075e23533817908eba4 100644
--- a/RemesherToolbox.hh
+++ b/RemesherToolbox.hh
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@
 
 #include "ui_toolbox.hh"
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000 
   #include <QtWidgets>
-#else
-  #include <QtGui>
-#endif
 
 #include <iostream>