diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SharedFilesDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SharedFilesDialog.cpp
index cceaa0d28..c7500b6cf 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SharedFilesDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SharedFilesDialog.cpp
@@ -1131,7 +1131,10 @@ void  SharedFilesDialog::postModDirectories(bool local)
 #ifdef DEBUG_SHARED_FILES_DIALOG
     std::cerr << "****** updated directories! Re-enabling sorting ******" << std::endl;
 #endif
+
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK (6, 0, 0)
     QCoreApplication::flush();
+#endif
 }
 
 class ChannelCompare
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 897d11136..0c0f3767c 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -939,7 +939,9 @@ void MainWindow::postModDirectories(bool /*update_local*/)
 {
     //RSettingsPage::postModDirectories(update_local);
 
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK (6, 0, 0)
     QCoreApplication::flush();
+#endif
 }
 
 #ifdef WINDOWS_SYS