diff --git a/interface/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ada51561f..31fab35df1 100644
--- a/interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -387,9 +387,6 @@ else()
 
   # copy the resources files beside the executable
   add_custom_command(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} POST_BUILD
-    COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy_if_different
-      "${RESOURCES_RCC}"
-      "${INTERFACE_EXEC_DIR}"
     # FIXME, the edit script code loads HTML from the scripts folder
     # which in turn relies on CSS that refers to the fonts.  In theory
     # we should be able to modify the CSS to reference the QRC path to