diff --git a/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp b/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp
index 59060dcd7..0c4914fd1 100644
--- a/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/models/messageeventmodel.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QGuiApplication>
-#include <QQmlEngine> // for qmlRegisterType()
 #include <QTimeZone>
 
 #include <KFormat>
@@ -81,10 +80,6 @@ QHash<int, QByteArray> MessageEventModel::roleNames() const
 MessageEventModel::MessageEventModel(QObject *parent)
     : QAbstractListModel(parent)
 {
-    using namespace Quotient;
-    qmlRegisterAnonymousType<FileTransferInfo>("org.kde.neochat", 1);
-    qRegisterMetaType<FileTransferInfo>();
-
     connect(static_cast<QGuiApplication *>(QGuiApplication::instance()), &QGuiApplication::paletteChanged, this, [this] {
         Q_EMIT dataChanged(index(0, 0), index(rowCount() - 1, 0), {AuthorRole, ReplyRole});
     });