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