diff --git a/opengate/__init__.py b/opengate/__init__.py
index c23c0cc20..3fc89a0ec 100644
--- a/opengate/__init__.py
+++ b/opengate/__init__.py
@@ -62,38 +62,6 @@ def is_developer_installation():
     return True
 
 
-def restart_with_qt_libs():
-    """
-    Restart the current process with QT libs set.
-    Only for mac and wheel installation
-    """
-
-    if is_developer_installation():
-        # we cannot know the real plugin_path nor if DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH is already correctly set
-        # so we ignore.
-        return
-
-    plugin_path = os.path.join(get_site_packages_dir(), "opengate_core/plugins")
-
-    # do nothing if the plugin_path is already in the env
-    if (
-        "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH" in os.environ
-        and plugin_path in os.environ["DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"]
-    ):
-        return
-
-    # Otherwise, we set the env and try to restart the script
-    new_env = os.environ.copy()
-    if "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH" in new_env:
-        new_env["DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = plugin_path + new_env["DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"]
-    else:
-        new_env["DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = plugin_path
-
-    # Restart the process with the new environment
-    # print(new_env["DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"])
-    os.execve(sys.executable, [sys.executable] + sys.argv, new_env)
-
-
 def restart_with_glibc_tunables():
     """
     Restart the current process with GLIBC_TUNABLES set.
@@ -155,8 +123,6 @@ def restart_with_glibc_tunables():
 
 if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
     restart_with_glibc_tunables()
-elif sys.platform.startswith("darwin"):
-    restart_with_qt_libs()
 
 # subpackages
 import opengate.sources