diff --git a/src/qcam/main.cpp b/src/qcam/main.cpp
index a7ff5c52663b..297453914ae9 100644
--- a/src/qcam/main.cpp
+++ b/src/qcam/main.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "main_window.h"
 #include "../cam/options.h"
-#include "qt_event_dispatcher.h"
 
 void signalHandler(int signal)
 {
@@ -62,9 +61,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	sa.sa_handler = &signalHandler;
 	sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, nullptr);
 
-	std::unique_ptr<EventDispatcher> dispatcher(new QtEventDispatcher());
 	CameraManager *cm = new CameraManager();
-	cm->setEventDispatcher(std::move(dispatcher));
 
 	ret = cm->start();
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/src/qcam/meson.build b/src/qcam/meson.build
index 5150631b55c8..214bfb12aabb 100644
--- a/src/qcam/meson.build
+++ b/src/qcam/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ qcam_sources = files([
     'main.cpp',
     'main_window.cpp',
     '../cam/options.cpp',
-    'qt_event_dispatcher.cpp',
     'viewfinder.cpp',
 ])
 
diff --git a/src/qcam/qt_event_dispatcher.cpp b/src/qcam/qt_event_dispatcher.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2780c9123ac3..000000000000
--- a/src/qcam/qt_event_dispatcher.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2019, Google Inc.
- *
- * qt_event_dispatcher.cpp - qcam - Qt-based event dispatcher
- */
-
-#include <chrono>
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include <QAbstractEventDispatcher>
-#include <QCoreApplication>
-#include <QSocketNotifier>
-#include <QTimerEvent>
-
-#include <libcamera/event_notifier.h>
-#include <libcamera/timer.h>
-
-#include "qt_event_dispatcher.h"
-
-using namespace libcamera;
-
-QtEventDispatcher::QtEventDispatcher()
-{
-}
-
-QtEventDispatcher::~QtEventDispatcher()
-{
-	for (auto &it : notifiers_) {
-		NotifierSet &set = it.second;
-		delete set.read.qnotifier;
-		delete set.write.qnotifier;
-		delete set.exception.qnotifier;
-	}
-}
-
-void QtEventDispatcher::registerEventNotifier(EventNotifier *notifier)
-{
-	NotifierSet &set = notifiers_[notifier->fd()];
-	QSocketNotifier::Type qtype;
-	void (QtEventDispatcher::*method)(int);
-	NotifierPair *pair;
-
-	switch (notifier->type()) {
-	case EventNotifier::Read:
-	default:
-		qtype = QSocketNotifier::Read;
-		method = &QtEventDispatcher::readNotifierActivated;
-		pair = &set.read;
-		break;
-
-	case EventNotifier::Write:
-		qtype = QSocketNotifier::Write;
-		method = &QtEventDispatcher::writeNotifierActivated;
-		pair = &set.write;
-		break;
-
-	case EventNotifier::Exception:
-		qtype = QSocketNotifier::Exception;
-		method = &QtEventDispatcher::exceptionNotifierActivated;
-		pair = &set.exception;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	QSocketNotifier *qnotifier = new QSocketNotifier(notifier->fd(), qtype);
-	connect(qnotifier, &QSocketNotifier::activated, this, method);
-	pair->notifier = notifier;
-	pair->qnotifier = qnotifier;
-}
-
-void QtEventDispatcher::unregisterEventNotifier(EventNotifier *notifier)
-{
-	NotifierSet &set = notifiers_[notifier->fd()];
-	NotifierPair *pair;
-
-	switch (notifier->type()) {
-	case EventNotifier::Read:
-	default:
-		pair = &set.read;
-		break;
-
-	case EventNotifier::Write:
-		pair = &set.write;
-		break;
-
-	case EventNotifier::Exception:
-		pair = &set.exception;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	delete pair->qnotifier;
-	pair->qnotifier = nullptr;
-	pair->notifier = nullptr;
-}
-
-void QtEventDispatcher::readNotifierActivated(int socket)
-{
-	EventNotifier *notifier = notifiers_[socket].read.notifier;
-	notifier->activated.emit(notifier);
-}
-
-void QtEventDispatcher::writeNotifierActivated(int socket)
-{
-	EventNotifier *notifier = notifiers_[socket].write.notifier;
-	notifier->activated.emit(notifier);
-}
-
-void QtEventDispatcher::exceptionNotifierActivated(int socket)
-{
-	EventNotifier *notifier = notifiers_[socket].exception.notifier;
-	notifier->activated.emit(notifier);
-}
-
-void QtEventDispatcher::registerTimer(Timer *timer)
-{
-	std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
-	std::chrono::steady_clock::duration duration = timer->deadline() - now;
-	std::chrono::milliseconds msec =
-		std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(duration);
-	int timerId = startTimer(msec.count());
-	timers_[timerId] = timer;
-	timerIds_[timer] = timerId;
-}
-
-void QtEventDispatcher::unregisterTimer(Timer *timer)
-{
-	auto it = timerIds_.find(timer);
-	if (it == timerIds_.end())
-		return;
-
-	timers_.erase(it->second);
-	killTimer(it->second);
-	timerIds_.erase(it);
-}
-
-void QtEventDispatcher::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event)
-{
-	Timer *timer = timers_[event->timerId()];
-	timer->stop();
-	timer->timeout.emit(timer);
-}
-
-void QtEventDispatcher::processEvents()
-{
-	std::cout << "QtEventDispatcher::processEvents() should not be called"
-		  << std::endl;
-}
-
-void QtEventDispatcher::interrupt()
-{
-	QCoreApplication::eventDispatcher()->interrupt();
-}
diff --git a/src/qcam/qt_event_dispatcher.h b/src/qcam/qt_event_dispatcher.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b0f123e52d06..000000000000
--- a/src/qcam/qt_event_dispatcher.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2019, Google Inc.
- *
- * qt_event_dispatcher.h - qcam - Qt-based event dispatcher
- */
-#ifndef __QCAM_QT_EVENT_DISPATCHER_H__
-#define __QCAM_QT_EVENT_DISPATCHER_H__
-
-#include <map>
-
-#include <libcamera/event_dispatcher.h>
-
-using namespace libcamera;
-
-class QSocketNotifier;
-
-class QtEventDispatcher final : public EventDispatcher, public QObject
-{
-public:
-	QtEventDispatcher();
-	~QtEventDispatcher();
-
-	void registerEventNotifier(EventNotifier *notifier);
-	void unregisterEventNotifier(EventNotifier *notifier);
-
-	void registerTimer(Timer *timer);
-	void unregisterTimer(Timer *timer);
-
-	void processEvents();
-
-	void interrupt();
-
-protected:
-	void timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event);
-
-private:
-	void readNotifierActivated(int socket);
-	void writeNotifierActivated(int socket);
-	void exceptionNotifierActivated(int socket);
-
-	struct NotifierPair {
-		NotifierPair()
-			: notifier(nullptr), qnotifier(nullptr)
-		{
-		}
-		EventNotifier *notifier;
-		QSocketNotifier *qnotifier;
-	};
-
-	struct NotifierSet {
-		NotifierPair read;
-		NotifierPair write;
-		NotifierPair exception;
-	};
-
-	std::map<int, NotifierSet> notifiers_;
-	std::map<int, Timer *> timers_;
-	std::map<Timer *, int> timerIds_;
-};
-
-#endif /* __QCAM_QT_EVENT_DISPATCHER_H__ */