diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine.cpp
index 1ab51949135..ef0482e1542 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine.cpp
@@ -1029,14 +1029,6 @@ QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *QAbstractFileEngine::beginEntryList(QDir::Filters
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-/*!
-    \internal
-*/
-QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *QAbstractFileEngine::endEntryList()
-{
-    return nullptr;
-}
-
 /*!
     Reads a number of characters from the file into \a data. At most
     \a maxlen characters will be read.
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine_p.h
index 6bb15567e98..b6ef42399d5 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine_p.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public:
 
     typedef QAbstractFileEngineIterator Iterator;
     virtual Iterator *beginEntryList(QDir::Filters filters, const QStringList &filterNames);
-    virtual Iterator *endEntryList();
+    virtual Iterator* endEntryList() { return nullptr; }
 
     virtual qint64 read(char *data, qint64 maxlen);
     virtual qint64 readLine(char *data, qint64 maxlen);
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
index 66026356de4..d4fcf7d8625 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
@@ -796,13 +796,6 @@ QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *QFSFileEngine::beginEntryList(QDir::Filters filte
     return new QFSFileEngineIterator(filters, filterNames);
 }
 
-/*!
-    \internal
-*/
-QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *QFSFileEngine::endEntryList()
-{
-    return nullptr;
-}
 #endif // QT_NO_FILESYSTEMITERATOR
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h
index 3cc58ea993e..9cbe3fc96bd 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ public:
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_FILESYSTEMITERATOR
     Iterator *beginEntryList(QDir::Filters filters, const QStringList &filterNames) override;
-    Iterator *endEntryList() override;
 #endif
 
     qint64 read(char *data, qint64 maxlen) override;
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qresource.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qresource.cpp
index e3b09e7cbd6..d16b799754c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qresource.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qresource.cpp
@@ -1538,14 +1538,7 @@ QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *QResourceFileEngine::beginEntryList(QDir::Filters
                                                                    const QStringList &filterNames)
 {
     return new QResourceFileEngineIterator(filters, filterNames);
-}
 
-/*!
-    \internal
-*/
-QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *QResourceFileEngine::endEntryList()
-{
-    return nullptr;
 }
 
 bool QResourceFileEngine::extension(Extension extension, const ExtensionOption *option, ExtensionReturn *output)
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qresource_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qresource_p.h
index 0844e6579a6..2439695ab9c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qresource_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qresource_p.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ public:
     QDateTime fileTime(FileTime time) const override;
 
     Iterator *beginEntryList(QDir::Filters filters, const QStringList &filterNames) override;
-    Iterator *endEntryList() override;
 
     bool extension(Extension extension, const ExtensionOption *option = nullptr, ExtensionReturn *output = nullptr) override;
     bool supportsExtension(Extension extension) const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.cpp
index 52ca0114c7b..1e213f5a3e2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.cpp
@@ -254,11 +254,6 @@ QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *AndroidContentFileEngine::beginEntryList(QDir::Fi
     return new AndroidContentFileEngineIterator(filters, filterNames);
 }
 
-QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *AndroidContentFileEngine::endEntryList()
-{
-    return nullptr;
-}
-
 AndroidContentFileEngineHandler::AndroidContentFileEngineHandler() = default;
 AndroidContentFileEngineHandler::~AndroidContentFileEngineHandler() = default;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.h b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.h
index 35db7b44b6e..98e6bef63ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ public:
     FileFlags fileFlags(FileFlags type = FileInfoAll) const override;
     QString fileName(FileName file = DefaultName) const override;
     QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *beginEntryList(QDir::Filters filters, const QStringList &filterNames) override;
-    QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *endEntryList() override;
 
 private:
     void closeNativeFileDescriptor();
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/optional/nsphotolibrarysupport/qiosfileengineassetslibrary.h b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/optional/nsphotolibrarysupport/qiosfileengineassetslibrary.h
index 90b62af56dc..e3fb8547346 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/optional/nsphotolibrarysupport/qiosfileengineassetslibrary.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/optional/nsphotolibrarysupport/qiosfileengineassetslibrary.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ public:
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_FILESYSTEMITERATOR
     Iterator *beginEntryList(QDir::Filters filters, const QStringList &filterNames) override;
-    Iterator *endEntryList() override;
 #endif
 
     void setError(QFile::FileError error, const QString &str) { QAbstractFileEngine::setError(error, str); }
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/optional/nsphotolibrarysupport/qiosfileengineassetslibrary.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/optional/nsphotolibrarysupport/qiosfileengineassetslibrary.mm
index b7ed5a1e973..e8a885a053d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/optional/nsphotolibrarysupport/qiosfileengineassetslibrary.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/optional/nsphotolibrarysupport/qiosfileengineassetslibrary.mm
@@ -446,11 +446,6 @@ QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *QIOSFileEngineAssetsLibrary::beginEntryList(
     return new QIOSFileEngineIteratorAssetsLibrary(filters, filterNames);
 }
 
-QAbstractFileEngine::Iterator *QIOSFileEngineAssetsLibrary::endEntryList()
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #endif