diff --git a/src/expat b/src/expat
index ff2299e5f0..b99766ce61 160000
--- a/src/expat
+++ b/src/expat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ff2299e5f093beb3d218cf095078869b59aeb98d
+Subproject commit b99766ce61f2cefa0ada22204765c1bf08802216
diff --git a/src/qt/stattext.cpp b/src/qt/stattext.cpp
index f6d2bcde63..2eb50b5f18 100644
--- a/src/qt/stattext.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/stattext.cpp
@@ -55,15 +55,6 @@ bool wxStaticText::Create(wxWindow *parent,
     m_qtLabel->setBuddy( m_qtLabel );
     m_qtLabel->setTextInteractionFlags( Qt::NoTextInteraction );
 
-    // Translate the WX horizontal alignment flags to Qt alignment flags
-    // (notice that wxALIGN_LEFT is default and has the value of 0).
-    if ( style & wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL )
-        m_qtLabel->setAlignment(Qt::AlignHCenter);
-    else if ((style & wxALIGN_MASK) == wxALIGN_RIGHT)
-        m_qtLabel->setAlignment(Qt::AlignRight);
-    else
-        m_qtLabel->setAlignment(Qt::AlignLeft);
-
     return QtCreateControl( parent, id, pos, size, style, wxDefaultValidator, name );
 }