diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp
index b424b2f6720..50153f27692 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp
@@ -1718,7 +1718,6 @@ void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::clearAuthenticationCache(QNetworkAccessManage
 
 void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::clearConnectionCache(QNetworkAccessManager *manager)
 {
-    manager->d_func()->objectCache.clear();
     manager->d_func()->destroyThread();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h
index 491a5acaa44..d21094cf40f 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ public:
     // The cache with authorization data:
     std::shared_ptr<QNetworkAccessAuthenticationManager> authenticationManager;
 
-    // this cache can be used by individual backends to cache e.g. their TCP connections to a server
-    // and use the connections for multiple requests.
-    QNetworkAccessCache objectCache;
-
     Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT static void clearAuthenticationCache(QNetworkAccessManager *manager);
     Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT static void clearConnectionCache(QNetworkAccessManager *manager);