diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp
index 3028f94b0e..e82a9a5b56 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ QWindowsFileSystemWatcherEngineThread::QWindowsFileSystemWatcherEngineThread()
         handles.reserve(MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS);
         handles.append(h);
     }
-    moveToThread(this);
 }