diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp
index acce8572ad4..ef518e3f1ce 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject.cpp
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ private:
 
 enum { MaximumParamCount = 11 }; // up to 10 arguments + 1 return value
 
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(7, 0, 0)
 /*!
     \since 4.5
     \obsolete [6.5] Please use the variadic overload of this function
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ QObject *QMetaObject::newInstance(QGenericArgument val0,
 
     return newInstanceImpl(this, paramCount, parameters, typeNames, nullptr);
 }
+#endif
 
 /*!
     \fn template <typename... Args> QObject *QMetaObject::newInstance(Args &&... arguments) const
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h
index 673d588e327..4232d5b1e61 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct QMethodRawArguments
     void **arguments;
 };
 
-#if QT_VERSION <= QT_VERSION_CHECK(7, 0, 0)
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(7, 0, 0)
 class Q_CORE_EXPORT QGenericArgument
 {
 public:
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ struct Q_CORE_EXPORT QMetaObject
 
 #endif
 
-#if QT_VERSION <= QT_VERSION_CHECK(7, 0, 0)
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(7, 0, 0)
     QObject *newInstance(QGenericArgument val0,
                          QGenericArgument val1 = QGenericArgument(),
                          QGenericArgument val2 = QGenericArgument(),