diff --git a/src/corelib/time/qtimezone.cpp b/src/corelib/time/qtimezone.cpp
index 906a42fc7bb..a23b1e4c9e7 100644
--- a/src/corelib/time/qtimezone.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/time/qtimezone.cpp
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ QTimeZone QTimeZone::systemTimeZone()
 */
 QTimeZone QTimeZone::utc()
 {
-    return QTimeZone(QTimeZonePrivate::utcQByteArray());
+    return QTimeZone(0);
 }
 
 /*!