diff --git a/picard/tagger.py b/picard/tagger.py
index 0fbd548d9..174aa1529 100644
--- a/picard/tagger.py
+++ b/picard/tagger.py
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
-import sip
-
-sip.setapi("QString", 2)
-sip.setapi("QVariant", 2)
-
 from PyQt5 import QtGui, QtCore, QtWidgets
 
 import argparse