diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp b/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp
index 99157747dd..d8cd19ef1a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp
@@ -1844,10 +1844,10 @@ void QMessageBox::aboutQt(QWidget *parent, const QString &title)
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