diff --git a/plugins/qca-gnupg/gpgproc/gpgproc.cpp b/plugins/qca-gnupg/gpgproc/gpgproc.cpp
index 5d897b2b..063073b2 100644
--- a/plugins/qca-gnupg/gpgproc/gpgproc.cpp
+++ b/plugins/qca-gnupg/gpgproc/gpgproc.cpp
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ GPGProc::Private::Private(GPGProc *_q)
 	qRegisterMetaType<gpgQCAPlugin::GPGProc::Error>("gpgQCAPlugin::GPGProc::Error");
 
 	proc = 0;
-#ifdef QPROC_SIGNAL_RELAY
 	proc_relay = 0;
-#endif
 	startTrigger.setSingleShot(true);
 	doneTrigger.setSingleShot(true);
 
@@ -105,13 +103,9 @@ void GPGProc::Private::reset(ResetMode mode)
 		}
 
 		proc->setParent(0);
-#ifdef QPROC_SIGNAL_RELAY
 		releaseAndDeleteLater(this, proc_relay);
 		proc_relay = 0;
 		delete proc; // should be safe to do thanks to relay
-#else
-		proc->deleteLater();
-#endif
 		proc = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -542,7 +536,6 @@ void GPGProc::start(const QString &bin, const QStringList &args, Mode mode)
 	if(d->pipeStatus.readEnd().isValid())
 		d->pipeStatus.readEnd().enable();
 
-#ifdef QPROC_SIGNAL_RELAY
 	d->proc_relay = new QProcessSignalRelay(d->proc, d);
 	connect(d->proc_relay, &QProcessSignalRelay::started, d, &GPGProc::Private::proc_started);
 	connect(d->proc_relay, &QProcessSignalRelay::readyReadStandardOutput, d, &GPGProc::Private::proc_readyReadStandardOutput);
@@ -550,14 +543,6 @@ void GPGProc::start(const QString &bin, const QStringList &args, Mode mode)
 	connect(d->proc_relay, &QProcessSignalRelay::bytesWritten, d, &GPGProc::Private::proc_bytesWritten);
 	connect(d->proc_relay, &QProcessSignalRelay::finished, d, &GPGProc::Private::proc_finished);
 	connect(d->proc_relay, &QProcessSignalRelay::error, d, &GPGProc::Private::proc_error);
-#else
-	connect(d->proc, &SProcess::started, d, &GPGProc::Private::proc_started);
-	connect(d->proc, &SProcess::readyReadStandardOutput, d, &GPGProc::Private::proc_readyReadStandardOutput);
-	connect(d->proc, &SProcess::readyReadStandardError, d, &GPGProc::Private::proc_readyReadStandardError);
-	connect(d->proc, &SProcess::bytesWritten, d, &GPGProc::Private::proc_bytesWritten);
-	connect(d->proc, QOverload<int,QProcess::ExitStatus>::of(&SProcess::finished), d, &GPGProc::Private::proc_finished);
-	connect(d->proc, &SProcess::errorOccurred, d, &GPGProc::Private::proc_error);
-#endif
 
 	d->bin = bin;
 	d->args = args;
diff --git a/plugins/qca-gnupg/gpgproc/gpgproc_p.h b/plugins/qca-gnupg/gpgproc/gpgproc_p.h
index b734bd9d..608034a6 100644
--- a/plugins/qca-gnupg/gpgproc/gpgproc_p.h
+++ b/plugins/qca-gnupg/gpgproc/gpgproc_p.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define QPROC_SIGNAL_RELAY
-
 #include "qpipe.h"
 #include "sprocess.h"
 #include "gpgproc.h"
@@ -100,9 +98,7 @@ public:
 	QStringList args;
 	GPGProc::Mode mode;
 	SProcess *proc;
-#ifdef QPROC_SIGNAL_RELAY
 	QProcessSignalRelay *proc_relay;
-#endif
 	QCA::QPipe pipeAux, pipeCommand, pipeStatus;
 	QByteArray statusBuf;
 	QStringList statusLines;