diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfont_qpa.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfont_qpa.cpp
index 3e0a24636c..54ef9119e0 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfont_qpa.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfont_qpa.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 void QFont::initialize()
 {
-    QApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration()->fontDatabase()->populateFontDatabase();
 }
 
 void QFont::cleanup()