diff --git a/UI/log-viewer.cpp b/UI/log-viewer.cpp
index ca3e4c00b..0ce2acca3 100644
--- a/UI/log-viewer.cpp
+++ b/UI/log-viewer.cpp
@@ -101,9 +101,7 @@ void OBSLogViewer::InitLog()
 
 	if (file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
 		QTextStream in(&file);
-#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
-		in.setEncoding(QStringConverter::Utf8);
-#else
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
 		in.setCodec("UTF-8");
 #endif