diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/nativesessionextension.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/nativesessionextension.cpp
index 248397cf9..7db339f3a 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/nativesessionextension.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/nativesessionextension.cpp
@@ -35,26 +35,6 @@
 
 namespace
 {
-    void handleAddTorrentAlert([[maybe_unused]] const lt::add_torrent_alert *alert)
-    {
-#ifndef QBT_USES_LIBTORRENT2
-        if (alert->error)
-            return;
-
-        // libtorrent < 2.0.7 has a bug that add_torrent_alert is posted too early
-        // (before torrent is fully initialized and torrent extensions are created)
-        // so we have to fill "extension data" in add_torrent_alert handler
-
-        // NOTE: `data` may not exist if a torrent is added behind the scenes to download metadata
-        auto *data = static_cast<ExtensionData *>(alert->params.userdata);
-        if (data)
-        {
-            data->status = alert->handle.status({});
-            data->trackers = alert->handle.trackers();
-        }
-#endif
-    }
-
     void handleFastresumeRejectedAlert(const lt::fastresume_rejected_alert *alert)
     {
         alert->handle.unset_flags(lt::torrent_flags::auto_managed);
@@ -76,9 +56,6 @@ void NativeSessionExtension::on_alert(const lt::alert *alert)
 {
     switch (alert->type())
     {
-    case lt::add_torrent_alert::alert_type:
-        handleAddTorrentAlert(static_cast<const lt::add_torrent_alert *>(alert));
-        break;
     case lt::fastresume_rejected_alert::alert_type:
         handleFastresumeRejectedAlert(static_cast<const lt::fastresume_rejected_alert *>(alert));
         break;
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/nativetorrentextension.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/nativetorrentextension.cpp
index 552c31312..0fe5838b1 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/nativetorrentextension.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/nativetorrentextension.cpp
@@ -36,18 +36,11 @@ NativeTorrentExtension::NativeTorrentExtension(const lt::torrent_handle &torrent
 {
     // NOTE: `data` may not exist if a torrent is added behind the scenes to download metadata
 
-#ifdef QBT_USES_LIBTORRENT2
-    // libtorrent < 2.0.7 has a bug that add_torrent_alert is posted too early
-    // (before torrent is fully initialized and torrent extensions are created)
-    // so we have to fill "extension data" in add_torrent_alert handler and
-    // we have it already filled at this point
-
     if (m_data)
     {
         m_data->status = m_torrentHandle.status();
         m_data->trackers = m_torrentHandle.trackers();
     }
-#endif
 
     on_state(m_data ? m_data->status.state : m_torrentHandle.status({}).state);
 }