diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
index 182f3d7e1e8..88dd59a04d4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
@@ -3880,6 +3880,7 @@ void QXmlStreamWriterPrivate::writeStartElement(QAnyStringView namespaceUri, QAn
     didWriteAnyToken = true;
 }
 
+#if QT_CONFIG(xmlstreamreader)
 /*!  Writes the current state of the \a reader. All possible valid
   states are supported.
 
@@ -3943,8 +3944,9 @@ void QXmlStreamWriter::writeCurrentToken(const QXmlStreamReader &reader)
         break;
     }
 }
-
+#endif // feature xmlstreamreader
 #endif // feature xmlstreamwriter
+
 #if QT_CONFIG(xmlstreamreader)
 static constexpr bool isTokenAllowedInContext(QXmlStreamReader::TokenType type,
                                                QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::XmlContext ctxt)
diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream_p.h b/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream_p.h
index a29ee656e9e..f5695dd6670 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream_p.h
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
-
+#if QT_CONFIG(xmlstreamreader)
 class QXmlStreamEntityResolver;
 class QXmlStreamReaderPrivate : public QXmlStreamGrammar, public QXmlStreamPrivateTagStack
 {
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ private:
             type = t;
     }
 };
+#endif // feature xmlstreamreader
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE