diff --git a/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp b/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
index 234a9522d46..2204be9a3c6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ QVariant::QVariant(const QSize &s) : QVariant(QVariant::fromValue(s)) {}
 QVariant::QVariant(const QSizeF &s) : QVariant(QVariant::fromValue(s)) {}
 #endif
 
+#if QT_CONFIG(xmlstreamreader)
+
 #include "qxmlstream.h"
 
 QXmlStreamReader::QXmlStreamReader(const QByteArray &data)
@@ -361,4 +363,6 @@ void QXmlStreamReader::addData(const char *data)
     addData(QAnyStringView(data));
 }
 
+#endif // QT_CONFIG(xmlstreamreader)
+
 #endif // QT_CORE_REMOVED_SINCE(6, 5)