diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/CMakeLists.txt
index 735e825adae..a18c64a7803 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,14 +40,6 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(tst_qwidget CONDITION AIX
         -fpermissive
 )
 
-qt_internal_extend_target(tst_qwidget CONDITION APPLE
-    SOURCES
-        tst_qwidget_mac_helpers.mm
-    LIBRARIES
-        ${FWAppKit}
-        ${FWSecurity}
-)
-
 qt_internal_extend_target(tst_qwidget CONDITION WIN32
     LIBRARIES
         gdi32
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
index 7bfe78cd578..abc939ce93c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@
 #include <qtimer.h>
 #include <QtWidgets/QDoubleSpinBox>
 
-#if defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
-#include "tst_qwidget_mac_helpers.h"  // Abstract the ObjC stuff out so not everyone must run an ObjC++ compile.
-#endif
-
 #include <QtTest/QTest>
 #include <QtTest/private/qtesthelpers_p.h>
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget_mac_helpers.h b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget_mac_helpers.h
deleted file mode 100644
index fec9706ef59..00000000000
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget_mac_helpers.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
-#include <QtCore/QString>
-#include <QtCore/QPair>
-#include <QtWidgets/QWidget>
-
-#pragma once // Yeah, it's deprecated in general, but it's standard practice for Mac OS X.
-
-QString nativeWindowTitle(QWidget *widget, Qt::WindowState state);
-bool nativeWindowModified(QWidget *widget);
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget_mac_helpers.mm b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget_mac_helpers.mm
deleted file mode 100644
index 19c5c0d7142..00000000000
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget_mac_helpers.mm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
-
-// some versions of CALayer.h use 'slots' as an identifier
-#define QT_NO_KEYWORDS
-
-#include "tst_qwidget_mac_helpers.h"
-#include <QApplication>
-#include <qpa/qplatformnativeinterface.h>
-#include <private/qcore_mac_p.h>
-
-#include <AppKit/AppKit.h>
-
-QString nativeWindowTitle(QWidget *window, Qt::WindowState state)
-{
-    QWindow *qwindow = window->windowHandle();
-    NSWindow *nswindow = (NSWindow *) qApp->platformNativeInterface()->nativeResourceForWindow("nswindow", qwindow);
-    QCFString macTitle;
-    if (state == Qt::WindowMinimized) {
-        macTitle = reinterpret_cast<CFStringRef>([[nswindow miniwindowTitle] retain]);
-    } else {
-        macTitle = reinterpret_cast<CFStringRef>([[nswindow title] retain]);
-    }
-    return macTitle;
-}
-
-bool nativeWindowModified(QWidget *widget)
-{
-    QWindow *qwindow = widget->windowHandle();
-    NSWindow *nswindow = (NSWindow *) qApp->platformNativeInterface()->nativeResourceForWindow("nswindow", qwindow);
-    return [nswindow isDocumentEdited];
-}