diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc b/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc
index dd6fccd678b..e1dfc883984 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@
     \value AA_DontShowShortcutsInContextMenus Actions with the Shortcut property
            won't be shown in any shortcut menus unless specifically set by the
            QAction::shortcutVisibleInContextMenu property. This value was added
-           in Qt 5.10.
+           in Qt 5.10, and defaults to the preference reported by the implementation
+           of QPlatformIntegration::styleHint. To override the platform integration,
+           set this attribute after QCoreApplication has been instantiated.
 
     \value AA_NativeWindows Ensures that widgets have native windows.
 
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qaction.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qaction.cpp
index f16cf5d1b7a..781d62c18ac 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qaction.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qaction.cpp
@@ -1301,8 +1301,7 @@ bool QAction::isIconVisibleInMenu() const
     shown via a context menu, when it is false, it is not shown.
 
     The default is to follow whether the Qt::AA_DontShowShortcutsInContextMenus attribute
-    is set for the application, falling back to the widget style hint.
-    Explicitly setting this property overrides the presence (or abscence) of the attribute.
+    is set for the application. Explicitly setting this property overrides the attribute.
 
     \sa shortcut, QCoreApplication::setAttribute()
 */
@@ -1323,10 +1322,8 @@ void QAction::setShortcutVisibleInContextMenu(bool visible)
 bool QAction::isShortcutVisibleInContextMenu() const
 {
     Q_D(const QAction);
-    if (d->shortcutVisibleInContextMenu == -1) {
-        return !QCoreApplication::testAttribute(Qt::AA_DontShowShortcutsInContextMenus)
-            && QGuiApplication::styleHints()->showShortcutsInContextMenus();
-    }
+    if (d->shortcutVisibleInContextMenu == -1)
+        return !QCoreApplication::testAttribute(Qt::AA_DontShowShortcutsInContextMenus);
     return d->shortcutVisibleInContextMenu;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
index 5bf0bc25c90..fc9f42072ed 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
@@ -1304,7 +1304,10 @@ static void init_platform(const QString &pluginNamesWithArguments, const QString
     }
 #endif
 
-    fontSmoothingGamma = QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration()->styleHint(QPlatformIntegration::FontSmoothingGamma).toReal();
+    const auto platformIntegration = QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration();
+    fontSmoothingGamma = platformIntegration->styleHint(QPlatformIntegration::FontSmoothingGamma).toReal();
+    QCoreApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_DontShowShortcutsInContextMenus,
+        !platformIntegration->styleHint(QPlatformIntegration::ShowShortcutsInContextMenus).toBool());
 }
 
 static void init_plugins(const QList<QByteArray> &pluginList)
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
index 9643c4db433..8c70b8b026d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@
 #include "private/qapplication_p.h"
 #include "private/qshortcutmap_p.h"
 #include "qkeysequence.h"
-#define ACCEL_KEY(k) ((!QCoreApplication::testAttribute(Qt::AA_DontShowIconsInMenus) \
-                        && QGuiApplication::styleHints()->showShortcutsInContextMenus()) \
+#define ACCEL_KEY(k) (!QCoreApplication::testAttribute(Qt::AA_DontShowShortcutsInContextMenus) \
                       && !QGuiApplicationPrivate::instance()->shortcutMap.hasShortcutForKeySequence(k) ? \
                       QLatin1Char('\t') + QKeySequence(k).toString(QKeySequence::NativeText) : QString())
 #else
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp
index 2aaba2c4141..2dbf09fc4fe 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@
 #include "private/qapplication_p.h"
 #include "private/qshortcutmap_p.h"
 #include <qkeysequence.h>
-#define ACCEL_KEY(k) ((!QCoreApplication::testAttribute(Qt::AA_DontShowShortcutsInContextMenus) \
-                       && QGuiApplication::styleHints()->showShortcutsInContextMenus()) \
+#define ACCEL_KEY(k) (!QCoreApplication::testAttribute(Qt::AA_DontShowShortcutsInContextMenus) \
                       && !QGuiApplicationPrivate::instance()->shortcutMap.hasShortcutForKeySequence(k) ? \
                       QLatin1Char('\t') + QKeySequence(k).toString(QKeySequence::NativeText) : QString())