diff --git a/kdecore/util/kdevicedatabase.cpp b/kdecore/util/kdevicedatabase.cpp
index 8eac0867..a4d559af 100644
--- a/kdecore/util/kdevicedatabase.cpp
+++ b/kdecore/util/kdevicedatabase.cpp
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 #include "kdebug.h"
 
 #include <QFile>
-#include <QCoreApplication>
-
-#define KDEVICEDATABASE_TIMEOUT 100
 
 struct KDeviceEntry
 {
@@ -78,19 +75,12 @@ static void extractIDs(QFile *idsfile,
 {
     // qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << idsfile->fileName();
 
-    int counter = 0;
     char idbuffer[5];
     char strbuffer[1024];
     bool classessection = false;
     QByteArray lastvendorid;
     QByteArray lastdeviceid;
     while (!idsfile->atEnd()) {
-        counter++;
-        if (counter >= KDEVICEDATABASE_TIMEOUT) {
-            QCoreApplication::processEvents(QEventLoop::AllEvents, KDEVICEDATABASE_TIMEOUT);
-            counter = 0;
-        }
-
         const QByteArray dbline = idsfile->readLine();
         const QByteArray trimmeddbline = dbline.trimmed();
         // qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << dbline;