diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 6eac1b1d284fb5e053e7f9beefb3b28d25d8525b..6b52b96937e1ca5cb2f925eb5bfa5c9ebc959606 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -2146,9 +2146,6 @@ void MainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event)
 {
     KXmlGuiWindow::closeEvent(event);
     if (event->isAccepted()) {
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-        QProcess::startDetached(QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("kdeinit5")) + " --terminate");
-#endif
         QApplication::exit(m_exitCode);
         return;
     }