diff --git a/UI/qt-wrappers.cpp b/UI/qt-wrappers.cpp
index e08e8562e..c0bb30758 100644
--- a/UI/qt-wrappers.cpp
+++ b/UI/qt-wrappers.cpp
@@ -196,30 +196,6 @@ QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, OBSScene &scene)
 	return in;
 }
 
-QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const OBSSceneItem &si)
-{
-	obs_scene_t *scene = obs_sceneitem_get_scene(si);
-	obs_source_t *source = obs_sceneitem_get_source(si);
-	return out << QString(obs_source_get_name(obs_scene_get_source(scene)))
-		   << QString(obs_source_get_name(source));
-}
-
-QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, OBSSceneItem &si)
-{
-	QString sceneName;
-	QString sourceName;
-
-	in >> sceneName >> sourceName;
-
-	OBSSourceAutoRelease sceneSource =
-		obs_get_source_by_name(QT_TO_UTF8(sceneName));
-
-	obs_scene_t *scene = obs_scene_from_source(sceneSource);
-	si = obs_scene_find_source(scene, QT_TO_UTF8(sourceName));
-
-	return in;
-}
-
 void DeleteLayout(QLayout *layout)
 {
 	if (!layout)
diff --git a/UI/qt-wrappers.hpp b/UI/qt-wrappers.hpp
index 2ca6ff318..d8eaea9f4 100644
--- a/UI/qt-wrappers.hpp
+++ b/UI/qt-wrappers.hpp
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in,
 			std::vector<std::shared_ptr<OBSSignal>> &signal_vec);
 QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const OBSScene &scene);
 QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, OBSScene &scene);
-QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const OBSSceneItem &si);
-QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, OBSSceneItem &si);
 
 QThread *CreateQThread(std::function<void()> func);
 
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index e08b0d308..4693ed08c 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ OBSBasic::OBSBasic(QWidget *parent)
 	qRegisterMetaTypeStreamOperators<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<OBSSignal>>>(
 		"std::vector<std::shared_ptr<OBSSignal>>");
 	qRegisterMetaTypeStreamOperators<OBSScene>("OBSScene");
-	qRegisterMetaTypeStreamOperators<OBSSceneItem>("OBSSceneItem");
 #endif
 
 	ui->scenes->setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect, false);