diff --git a/novelwriter/__init__.py b/novelwriter/__init__.py
index dc8f8c62..5c13cde9 100644
--- a/novelwriter/__init__.py
+++ b/novelwriter/__init__.py
@@ -214,14 +214,14 @@ def main(sysArgs=None):
             "At least Python 3.7 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verPyString
         )
         errorCode |= 0x04
-    if CONFIG.verQtValue < 50300:
+    if CONFIG.verQtValue < 50900:
         errorData.append(
-            "At least Qt5 version 5.3 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verQtString
+            "At least Qt5 version 5.9 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verQtString
         )
         errorCode |= 0x08
-    if CONFIG.verPyQtValue < 50300:
+    if CONFIG.verPyQtValue < 50900:
         errorData.append(
-            "At least PyQt5 version 5.3 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verPyQtString
+            "At least PyQt5 version 5.9 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verPyQtString
         )
         errorCode |= 0x10
 
diff --git a/novelwriter/config.py b/novelwriter/config.py
index 81487a16..e86c850d 100644
--- a/novelwriter/config.py
+++ b/novelwriter/config.py
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ class Config:
             self.osUnknown = True
 
         # Other System Info
-        self.hostName  = "Unknown"
-        self.kernelVer = "Unknown"
+        self.hostName  = QSysInfo.machineHostName()
+        self.kernelVer = QSysInfo.kernelVersion()
 
         # Packages
         self.hasEnchant = False  # The pyenchant package
@@ -264,10 +264,7 @@ class Config:
             self.confPath = confPath
 
         if dataPath is None:
-            if self.verQtValue >= 50400:
-                dataRoot = QStandardPaths.writableLocation(QStandardPaths.AppDataLocation)
-            else:
-                dataRoot = QStandardPaths.writableLocation(QStandardPaths.DataLocation)
+            dataRoot = QStandardPaths.writableLocation(QStandardPaths.AppDataLocation)
             self.dataPath = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(dataRoot), self.appHandle)
         else:
             logger.info("Setting data path from alternative path: %s", dataPath)
@@ -347,11 +344,6 @@ class Config:
                     self.errData.append(formatException(exc))
                     self.dataPath = None
 
-        # Host and Kernel
-        if self.verQtValue >= 50600:
-            self.hostName  = QSysInfo.machineHostName()
-            self.kernelVer = QSysInfo.kernelVersion()
-
         # Load recent projects cache
         self.loadRecentCache()
 
diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
index ffdce1c7..5454341f 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -604,19 +604,15 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
     ##
 
     def getText(self):
-        """Get the text content of the current document. This method
-        uses QTextEdit->toPlainText for Qt versions lower than 5.9, and
-        the QTextDocument->toRawText for higher version. The latter
-        preserves non-breaking spaces, which the former does not.
-        We still want to get rid of page and line separators though.
+        """Get the text content of the current document. This method uses
+        QTextDocument->toRawText instead of toPlainText(). The former preserves
+        non-breaking spaces, the latter does not. We still want to get rid of
+        page and line separators though.
         See: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtextdocument.html#toPlainText
         """
-        if self.mainConf.verQtValue >= 50900:
-            theText = self.document().toRawText()
-            theText = theText.replace(nwUnicode.U_LSEP, "\n")  # Line separators
-            theText = theText.replace(nwUnicode.U_PSEP, "\n")  # Paragraph separators
-        else:
-            theText = self.toPlainText()
+        theText = self.document().toRawText()
+        theText = theText.replace(nwUnicode.U_LSEP, "\n")  # Line separators
+        theText = theText.replace(nwUnicode.U_PSEP, "\n")  # Paragraph separators
         return theText
 
     def getCursorPosition(self):