diff --git a/sohstationviewer.py b/sohstationviewer.py
index 19c5de671759c018ca4b0691c5252ec3587b0a4c..9fa480d0c5b85a9476178f43087a9d0e2fc4f0ef 100755
--- a/sohstationviewer.py
+++ b/sohstationviewer.py
@@ -7,17 +7,6 @@ from PySide6 import QtWidgets
 from sohstationviewer.view.main_window import MainWindow
 
 
-# Enable Layer-backing for MacOs version >= 11
-# Only needed if using the pyside2 library with version>=5.15.
-# Layer-backing is always enabled in pyside6.
-os_name, version, *_ = platform.platform().split('-')
-# if os_name == 'macOS' and version >= '11':
-# mac OSX 11.6 appear to be 10.16 when read with python and still required this
-# environment variable
-if os_name == 'macOS':
-    os.environ['QT_MAC_WANTS_LAYER'] = '1'
-
-
 def main():
     app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
     wnd = MainWindow()