diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 09ccd680a..7defc5293 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QScopedPointer>
+#include <QThread>
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_GUI
 // GUI-only includes
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
             qDebug("qBittorrent is already running for this user.");
 
-            Utils::Misc::msleep(300);
+            QThread::msleep(300);
             app->sendParams(params.torrents);
 
             return EXIT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/src/base/utils/misc.cpp b/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
index 800b22c30..79871e80b 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QProcess>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
-#include <QThread>
 #include <QSysInfo>
 #include <boost/version.hpp>
 #include <libtorrent/version.hpp>
@@ -641,24 +640,6 @@ QSize Utils::Misc::largeIconSize()
 }
 #endif // DISABLE_GUI
 
-namespace
-{
-    //  Trick to get a portable sleep() function
-    class SleeperThread: public QThread
-    {
-    public:
-        static void msleep(unsigned long msecs)
-        {
-            QThread::msleep(msecs);
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-void Utils::Misc::msleep(unsigned long msecs)
-{
-    SleeperThread::msleep(msecs);
-}
-
 QString Utils::Misc::osName()
 {
     // static initialization for usage in signal handler
diff --git a/src/base/utils/misc.h b/src/base/utils/misc.h
index 3129e0564..856ca52b2 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/misc.h
+++ b/src/base/utils/misc.h
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ namespace Utils
         QList<int> intListfromStringList(const QStringList &l);
         QList<bool> boolListfromStringList(const QStringList &l);
 
-        void msleep(unsigned long msecs);
-
 #ifndef DISABLE_GUI
         void openPath(const QString& absolutePath);
         void openFolderSelect(const QString& absolutePath);
diff --git a/src/gui/properties/propertieswidget.cpp b/src/gui/properties/propertieswidget.cpp
index 5804a53f9..77466c748 100644
--- a/src/gui/properties/propertieswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/properties/propertieswidget.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QBitArray>
+#include <QThread>
 
 #include "base/bittorrent/session.h"
 #include "base/preferences.h"
@@ -780,7 +781,7 @@ void PropertiesWidget::renameSelectedFile()
             int timeout = 10;
             while (!QDir().rmpath(old_folder.absolutePath()) && timeout > 0) {
                 // FIXME: We should not sleep here (freezes the UI for 1 second)
-                Utils::Misc::msleep(100);
+                QThread::msleep(100);
                 --timeout;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/gui/properties/speedwidget.cpp b/src/gui/properties/speedwidget.cpp
index 44f4e2767..9b159da24 100644
--- a/src/gui/properties/speedwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/properties/speedwidget.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QSignalMapper>
+#include <QThread>
 
 #include <libtorrent/session_status.hpp>
 
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "base/bittorrent/session.h"
 #include "base/bittorrent/sessionstatus.h"
 #include "base/preferences.h"
-#include "base/utils/misc.h"
 
 ComboBoxMenuButton::ComboBoxMenuButton(QWidget *parent, QMenu *menu)
     : QComboBox(parent)
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void SpeedWidget::update()
         m_plot->pushPoint(point);
 
         QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "graphUpdate", Qt::QueuedConnection);
-        Utils::Misc::msleep(1000);
+        QThread::msleep(1000);
     }
 }