diff --git a/timeseriesviewer/main.py b/timeseriesviewer/main.py
index 31357c9c91e2b6dfe4ff0e286a1244ffb2ae0e61..87724a28d0a1aa70763457bbf44335c1baf19314 100644
--- a/timeseriesviewer/main.py
+++ b/timeseriesviewer/main.py
@@ -45,12 +45,10 @@ from timeseriesviewer.profilevisualization import SpectralTemporalVisualization
 
 
 
-#I don't know why, but this is required to run this in QGIS
-#todo: still required?
-path = os.path.abspath(jp(sys.exec_prefix, '../../bin/pythonw.exe'))
-if os.path.exists(path):
-    multiprocessing.set_executable(path)
-    sys.argv = [ None ]
+#path = os.path.abspath(jp(sys.exec_prefix, '../../bin/pythonw.exe'))
+#if os.path.exists(path):
+#    multiprocessing.set_executable(path)
+#    sys.argv = [ None ]
 
 #ensure that required non-standard modules are available