diff --git a/SplatCloudObjectSelectionPlugin.cc b/SplatCloudObjectSelectionPlugin.cc
index 825885e0d12fa2f4e6661f0a845c8e8c65c668ca..6649de00bfa05531fdee2a4385b0a7007e6bb207 100644
--- a/SplatCloudObjectSelectionPlugin.cc
+++ b/SplatCloudObjectSelectionPlugin.cc
@@ -703,7 +703,4 @@ bool SelectVolumeAction::operator()( BaseNode *_node )
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#if QT_VERSION < 0x050000
-  Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2( splatcloudobjectselectionplugin, SplatCloudObjectSelectionPlugin );
-#endif
 
diff --git a/SplatCloudObjectSelectionPlugin.hh b/SplatCloudObjectSelectionPlugin.hh
index 56b0f27efb759d6916717a15cfc22c3002b7f83c..73516430d86442c634f9b495b5df1ef04db84178 100644
--- a/SplatCloudObjectSelectionPlugin.hh
+++ b/SplatCloudObjectSelectionPlugin.hh
@@ -94,9 +94,7 @@ class SplatCloudObjectSelectionPlugin : public QObject, BaseInterface, BackupInt
   Q_INTERFACES( KeyInterface       )
   Q_INTERFACES( ScriptInterface    )
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
   Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.OpenFlipper.Plugins.Plugin-SelectionSplatCloudObject")
-#endif
 
 public:
   /// Default constructor