diff --git a/picard/ui/mainwindow.py b/picard/ui/mainwindow.py
index 1f685b731..c1ecef0ad 100644
--- a/picard/ui/mainwindow.py
+++ b/picard/ui/mainwindow.py
@@ -889,12 +889,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, PreserveGeometry):
         return self.tagger.analyze(self.selected_objects)
 
     def _openUrl(self, url):
-        # Resolves a bug in Qt opening remote URLs - QTBUG-13359
-        # See https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-13359
-        if url.startswith("\\\\") or url.startswith("//"):
-            return QtCore.QUrl(QtCore.QDir.toNativeSeparators(url))
-        else:
-            return QtCore.QUrl.fromLocalFile(url)
+        return QtCore.QUrl.fromLocalFile(url)
 
     def play_file(self):
         files = self.tagger.get_files_from_objects(self.selected_objects)