diff --git a/src/stylesheets/css.qrc b/src/stylesheets/css.qrc
index 4b7307e0..5ef0da4c 100644
--- a/src/stylesheets/css.qrc
+++ b/src/stylesheets/css.qrc
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
         <file>qt-lingvo.css</file>
         <file>qt-modern.css</file>
         <file>qt-style-win.css</file>
-        <file>qt-style.css</file>
         <file>article-style-darkmode.css</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/src/stylesheets/qt-style.css b/src/stylesheets/qt-style.css
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/src/ui/mainwindow.cc b/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
index 35f8862d..7a8cd89b 100644
--- a/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
@@ -1374,10 +1374,8 @@ void MainWindow::updateAppearances( QString const & addonStyle,
   }
 #endif
 
-  QFile builtInCssFile( ":qt-style.css" );
-  builtInCssFile.open( QFile::ReadOnly );
-  QByteArray css = builtInCssFile.readAll();
 
+  QByteArray css{};
 #if defined( Q_OS_WIN )
   QFile winCssFile( ":qt-style-win.css" );
   winCssFile.open( QFile::ReadOnly );