diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h
index d21ae573cdd..5e3858f491d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h
@@ -89,18 +89,6 @@ class QTypeInfo<QItemViewPaintPair> : public QTypeInfoMerger<QItemViewPaintPair,
 
 typedef QVector<QItemViewPaintPair> QItemViewPaintPairs;
 
-class QEmptyModel : public QAbstractItemModel
-{
-public:
-    explicit QEmptyModel(QObject *parent = 0) : QAbstractItemModel(parent) {}
-    QModelIndex index(int, int, const QModelIndex &) const override { return QModelIndex(); }
-    QModelIndex parent(const QModelIndex &) const override { return QModelIndex(); }
-    int rowCount(const QModelIndex &) const override { return 0; }
-    int columnCount(const QModelIndex &) const override { return 0; }
-    bool hasChildren(const QModelIndex &) const override { return false; }
-    QVariant data(const QModelIndex &, int) const override { return QVariant(); }
-};
-
 class Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT QAbstractItemViewPrivate : public QAbstractScrollAreaPrivate
 {
     Q_DECLARE_PUBLIC(QAbstractItemView)