diff --git a/src/common/PythonManager.cpp b/src/common/PythonManager.cpp
index 8e38a24b..3928936a 100644
--- a/src/common/PythonManager.cpp
+++ b/src/common/PythonManager.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ void PythonManager::initialize()
 #endif
     Py_Initialize();
     // This function is deprecated does nothing starting from Python 3.9
+#if (PY_MAJOR_VERSION <= 3) && (PY_MICRO_VERSION < 9)
     PyEval_InitThreads();
+#endif
     pyThreadStateCounter = 1; // we have the thread now => 1
 
     RegQtResImporter();