diff --git a/src/VideoReceiver/GStreamer.cc b/src/VideoReceiver/GStreamer.cc
index 8198b20b1f7f4985bc68f4d58ec39ce6c267827d..25f65fc1af216d1ac0ec2e1c4654234d13ba177d 100644
--- a/src/VideoReceiver/GStreamer.cc
+++ b/src/VideoReceiver/GStreamer.cc
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ GStreamer::initialize(int argc, char* argv[], int debuglevel)
 #endif
 
     //-- If gstreamer debugging is not configured via environment then use internal QT logging
-    if (qgetenv("GST_DEBUG").isEmpty()) {
+    if (qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("GST_DEBUG")) {
         gst_debug_set_default_threshold(static_cast<GstDebugLevel>(debuglevel));
         gst_debug_remove_log_function(gst_debug_log_default);
         gst_debug_add_log_function(qt_gst_log, nullptr, nullptr);