diff --git a/src/kirigamiplugin.cpp b/src/kirigamiplugin.cpp
index 50a19ea..7da3945 100644
--- a/src/kirigamiplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/kirigamiplugin.cpp
@@ -46,33 +46,6 @@ class CopyHelperPrivate : public QObject
         }
 };
 
-// we can't do this in the plugin object directly, as that can live in a different thread
-// and event filters are only allowed in the same thread as the filtered object
-class LanguageChangeEventFilter : public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-public:
-    bool eventFilter(QObject *receiver, QEvent *event) override
-    {
-        if (event->type() == QEvent::LanguageChange && receiver == QCoreApplication::instance()) {
-            emit languageChangeEvent();
-        }
-        return QObject::eventFilter(receiver, event);
-    }
-
-Q_SIGNALS:
-    void languageChangeEvent();
-};
-
-KirigamiPlugin::KirigamiPlugin(QObject *parent)
-    : QQmlExtensionPlugin(parent)
-{
-    auto filter = new LanguageChangeEventFilter;
-    filter->moveToThread(QCoreApplication::instance()->thread());
-    QCoreApplication::instance()->installEventFilter(filter);
-    connect(filter, &LanguageChangeEventFilter::languageChangeEvent, this, &KirigamiPlugin::languageChangeEvent);
-}
-
 QUrl KirigamiPlugin::componentUrl(const QString &fileName) const
 {
     for (const QString &style : qAsConst(m_stylesFallbackChain)) {
@@ -248,10 +221,4 @@ void KirigamiPlugin::registerTypes(const char *uri)
     qmlProtectModule(uri, 2);
 }
 
-void KirigamiPlugin::initializeEngine(QQmlEngine *engine, const char *uri)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(uri);
-    connect(this, &KirigamiPlugin::languageChangeEvent, engine, &QQmlEngine::retranslate);
-}
-
 #include "kirigamiplugin.moc"
diff --git a/src/kirigamiplugin.h b/src/kirigamiplugin.h
index aa20ba0..ef8bbec 100644
--- a/src/kirigamiplugin.h
+++ b/src/kirigamiplugin.h
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ class KirigamiPlugin : public QQmlExtensionPlugin
     Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.qt-project.Qt.QQmlExtensionInterface")
 
 public:
-    KirigamiPlugin(QObject *parent = nullptr);
     void registerTypes(const char *uri) override;
-    void initializeEngine(QQmlEngine *engine, const char *uri) override;
 
 #ifdef KIRIGAMI_BUILD_TYPE_STATIC
     static KirigamiPlugin& getInstance()
@@ -38,9 +36,6 @@ public:
     }
 #endif
 
-Q_SIGNALS:
-    void languageChangeEvent();
-
 private:
     QUrl componentUrl(const QString &fileName) const;
     QString resolveFilePath(const QString &path) const