diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index d96ef92ba74708ca0158872d029990be67efdf40..68bb014b3a8d97b9cf1e9b8699c1533fd7acdbe0 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -54,14 +54,6 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
     }
     setenv("QML_DISABLE_DISK_CACHE", "1", true);
 
-    /*
-     * Not quite sure why the GTK theme is not applied on Wayland when
-     * using the wayland platform plugin, but we can force XCB to make
-     * sure it works when X11 is available, otherwise fallback to Wayland.
-     * Could be related to: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-99684.
-     */
-    setenv("QT_QPA_PLATFORM", "xcb:wayland", true);
-
     /*
      * Some GNU/Linux distros, like Zorin OS, set QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE
      * to force a particular Qt style.  This has been fine with Qt5