diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.cpp
index a4c235aa6b7..530a2d951b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.cpp
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ void PropertyEditor::NodeType::setup(const QmlObjectNode &fxObjectNode, const QS
         m_contextObject->setSpecificsUrl(qmlSpecificsFile);
         
         m_contextObject->setStateName(stateName);
-        QApplication::processEvents();
         if (!fxObjectNode.isValid())
             return;
         ctxt->setContextProperty("propertyCount", QVariant(fxObjectNode.modelNode().properties().count()));