1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sources/pyside2/PySide2/__init__.py.in b/sources/pyside2/PySide2/__init__.py.in
index ab50ef776..631f5f13a 100644
--- a/sources/pyside2/PySide2/__init__.py.in
+++ b/sources/pyside2/PySide2/__init__.py.in
@@ -4,18 +4,22 @@ __all__ = list("Qt" + body for body in
 __version__ = "@FINAL_PACKAGE_VERSION@"
 __version_info__ = (@BINDING_API_MAJOR_VERSION@, @BINDING_API_MINOR_VERSION@, @BINDING_API_MICRO_VERSION@, "@BINDING_API_PRE_RELEASE_VERSION_TYPE@", "@BINDING_API_PRE_RELEASE_VERSION@")
 
-@PYSIDE_BUILD_DATE@
-@PYSIDE_BUILD_COMMIT_DATE@
-@PYSIDE_BUILD_COMMIT_HASH@
-@PYSIDE_BUILD_COMMIT_HASH_DESCRIBED@
-
-# Timestamp used for snapshot build, which is part of snapshot package version.
-@PYSIDE_SETUP_PY_PACKAGE_TIMESTAMP_ASSIGNMENT@
-
 def _setupQtDirectories():
     import sys
     import os
 
+    # On Windows we need to explicitly import the shiboken2 module so
+    # that the libshiboken.dll dependency is loaded by the time a
+    # Qt module is imported. Otherwise due to PATH not containing
+    # the shiboken2 module path, the Qt module import would fail
+    # due to the missing libshiboken dll.
+    # We need to do the same on Linux and macOS, because we do not
+    # embed rpaths into the PySide2 libraries that would point to
+    # the libshiboken library location. Importing the module
+    # loads the libraries into the process memory beforehand, and
+    # thus takes care of it for us.
+    import shiboken2
+
     pyside_package_dir =  os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
     # Used by signature module.
     os.environ["PYSIDE_PACKAGE_DIR"] = pyside_package_dir