diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/console.py b/electrum/gui/qt/console.py
index 994d68953..dbe93d025 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/console.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/console.py
@@ -353,9 +353,3 @@ welcome_message = '''
      Welcome to a primitive Python interpreter.
    ---------------------------------------------------------------
 '''
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
-    console = Console(startup_message=welcome_message)
-    console.show()
-    sys.exit(app.exec_())