diff --git a/qt/aqt/__init__.py b/qt/aqt/__init__.py
index 352848cfd..3fd5d0769 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/__init__.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/__init__.py
@@ -402,12 +402,6 @@ def parseArgs(argv: list[str]) -> tuple[argparse.Namespace, list[str]]:
 def setupGL(pm: aqt.profiles.ProfileManager) -> None:
     driver = pm.video_driver()

-    # work around pyqt loading wrong GL library
-    if is_lin:
-        import ctypes
-
-        ctypes.CDLL("libGL.so.1", ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
-
     # catch opengl errors
     def msgHandler(category: Any, ctx: Any, msg: Any) -> None:
         if category == QtMsgType.QtDebugMsg: