diff --git a/FunctionList.hh b/FunctionList.hh
index edfd80877611236541f732a295c7ee5ca6f6ca47..98af462767248b60e394d30e33b277a947cea674 100644
--- a/FunctionList.hh
+++ b/FunctionList.hh
@@ -47,11 +47,7 @@
 *                                                                            *
 \*===========================================================================*/
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000 
   #include <QtWidgets>
-#else
-  #include <QtGui>
-#endif
 
 #include <QListWidget>
 
diff --git a/ScriptingPlugin.cc b/ScriptingPlugin.cc
index bfdf6a714cef7b9d4a8b758a2c55f7c3158fc7b8..e5063485c0436ec299abdf89b8051ed85b549737 100644
--- a/ScriptingPlugin.cc
+++ b/ScriptingPlugin.cc
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@
 
 #include "OpenFlipper/common/GlobalOptions.hh"
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
-#else
-#include <QtGui>
-#endif
 
 
 ScriptingPlugin::ScriptingPlugin() :
@@ -776,7 +772,4 @@ void ScriptingPlugin::clearEditor() {
   scriptWidget_->currentScript->clear();
 }
 
-#if QT_VERSION < 0x050000
-  Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2( skriptingplugin , ScriptingPlugin );
-#endif
 
diff --git a/ScriptingPlugin.hh b/ScriptingPlugin.hh
index e4f6b54535c3f2a2e3b44e1b57b0c7584638a626..bfc3db1525eb03b206c30ad9ed81e603d2c38494 100644
--- a/ScriptingPlugin.hh
+++ b/ScriptingPlugin.hh
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ Q_INTERFACES(ScriptInterface)
 Q_INTERFACES(RPCInterface)
 Q_INTERFACES(LoggingInterface)
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
   Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.OpenFlipper.Plugins.Plugin-Scripting")
-#endif
 
 signals:
   void updateView();
diff --git a/codeeditor.cc b/codeeditor.cc
index 58b0627d7d251f630f3e074a9a439a5127e8ed58..3ce5c25d3f6c7beefb469573aeac0adef602b897 100644
--- a/codeeditor.cc
+++ b/codeeditor.cc
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@
 \*===========================================================================*/
 
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000 
   #include <QtWidgets>
-#else
-  #include <QtGui>
-#endif
 
 
 #include "codeeditor.hh"
diff --git a/highLighter.cc b/highLighter.cc
index 8e8dae5e0bf7d9252fc1cc95a548006736d3c3bf..2ad8ed74a49552f872570f415fe7590f85fa7eaf 100644
--- a/highLighter.cc
+++ b/highLighter.cc
@@ -47,11 +47,7 @@
 *                                                                            *
 \*===========================================================================*/
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000 
   #include <QtWidgets>
-#else
-  #include <QtGui>
-#endif
 
 
 #include "highLighter.hh"
diff --git a/scriptingWidget.hh b/scriptingWidget.hh
index 7bc6f465b1436622e25032f920d8e1a9aa8840b3..a31da0dd662089b8bc85c876037a64231b421888 100644
--- a/scriptingWidget.hh
+++ b/scriptingWidget.hh
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@
 
 #include "ui_scriptingWidget.hh"
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000 
   #include <QtWidgets>
-#else
-  #include <QtGui>
-#endif
 
 class ScriptWidget : public QMainWindow, public Ui::ScriptWidget
 {