diff --git a/shell/main.cpp b/shell/main.cpp
index 82e9b8d9a..1397c4fe7 100644
--- a/shell/main.cpp
+++ b/shell/main.cpp
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     QGuiApplication::setHighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy(Qt::HighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy::PassThrough);
 #endif
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 10, 0)
     QCoreApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_CompressTabletEvents);
-#endif
 
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
     KLocalizedString::setApplicationDomain("okular");