diff --git a/src/tools/rcc/main.cpp b/src/tools/rcc/main.cpp
index 0c3290b34b8..be205d47f1e 100644
--- a/src/tools/rcc/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/rcc/main.cpp
@@ -357,8 +357,7 @@ int runRcc(int argc, char *argv[])
         // Make sure QIODevice does not do LF->CRLF,
         // otherwise we'll end up in CRCRLF instead of
         // CRLF.
-        if (list)
-            mode &= ~QIODevice::Text;
+        mode &= ~QIODevice::Text;
 #endif // Q_OS_WIN
         // using this overload close() only flushes.
         out.open(stdout, mode);