Google has won a court challenge against a 1.49 billion euro European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business.

Google won a legal challenge Wednesday against a €1.49 billion ($1.66 billion) antitrust fine from the European Union, while chipmaker Qualcomm failed to repeal a penalty.

Alphabet’s Google scored a win Wednesday after the European Union’s second-highest court overturned a fine of 1.49 billion euros, or $1.66 billion, that antitrust officials had imposed on the search giant for restricting how some websites could display ads sold by its rivals.

Alphabet unit Google won a legal challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro ($1.7 billion) European Union antitrust fine, while Qualcomm failed to repeal a penalty.

Google has avoided a European Union $1.7 billion antitrust penalty over its AdSense advertising platform thanks to a Wednesday ruling from the EU General Court. The court annulled the European Commission fine.

European Union's General Court sided with Google in its appeal against a $1.7 billion EU antitrust fine over its ad practices.

Alphabet's Google scored a legal victory after the EU's General Court overturned a fine of almost 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) imposed in 2019 that alleged the search giant abused its dominant position and restricted rivals’ advertising.

Google captured a much-needed antitrust win on Wednesday after persuading the European Union’s second-highest court to toss a $1.7 billion fine imposed by the bloc's competition watchdog.

Google’s appeal to the European Union’s General Court has resulted in a significant reduction of the penalties the company faces in Europe. In 2019, Google was hit with a €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) fine from the European Commission over what was described as “abusive practices in online advertising.