diff --git a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
index 9c041dfbe..192bcde82 100644
--- a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ AddNewTorrentDialog::AddNewTorrentDialog(QWidget *parent)
         if (category != defaultCategory)
             ui->categoryComboBox->addItem(category);
 
-    ui->categoryComboBox->model()->sort(0);
     ui->contentTreeView->header()->setSortIndicator(0, Qt::AscendingOrder);
     loadState();
     // Signal / slots