diff --git a/src/core/qgsgdalutils.cpp b/src/core/qgsgdalutils.cpp
index c596d4583a0..07a575a03aa 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsgdalutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsgdalutils.cpp
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ const QStringList QgsGdalUtils::INEXPENSIVE_TO_SCAN_EXTENSIONS
 {
   QStringLiteral( "xlsx" ),
   QStringLiteral( "ods" ),
-  QStringLiteral( "csv" ),
-  QStringLiteral( "nc" ) };
+  QStringLiteral( "csv" ) };
 
 bool QgsGdalUtils::supportsRasterCreate( GDALDriverH driver )
 {