diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.cpp b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
index e157626c69..cef1adc0f0 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
@@ -678,7 +678,11 @@ void Application::slotNewDocument(const App::Document& Doc)
 
     signalNewDocument(*pDoc);
     pDoc->createView(View3DInventor::getClassTypeId());
+    // FIXME: Do we really need this further? Calling processEvents() mixes up order of execution in an
+    // unpredicatable way. At least it seems that with Qt5 we don't need this any more.
+#if QT_VERSION < 0x050000
     qApp->processEvents(); // make sure to show the window stuff on the right place
+#endif
 }
 
 void Application::slotDeleteDocument(const App::Document& Doc)