diff --git a/doc/src/images/codeeditor-example.png b/doc/src/images/codeeditor-example.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 32cf94779f7..00000000000
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diff --git a/examples/widgets/doc/src/syntaxhighlighter.qdoc b/examples/widgets/doc/src/syntaxhighlighter.qdoc
index 1b4ef2561be..bdd13abdf3d 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/doc/src/syntaxhighlighter.qdoc
+++ b/examples/widgets/doc/src/syntaxhighlighter.qdoc
@@ -219,10 +219,4 @@
     function. The QSyntaxHighlighter class also provides the \l
     {QSyntaxHighlighter::document()}{document()} function which
     returns the currently set document.
-
-    \section1 Other Code Editor Features
-
-    The \l{Code Editor Example} shows how to implement line
-    numbers and how to highlight the current line.
-
 */
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/widgets/widgets/CMakeLists.txt
index ee90c019b07..d852233c8d1 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/widgets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/widgets/widgets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ qt_internal_add_example(analogclock)
 qt_internal_add_example(calculator)
 qt_internal_add_example(calendarwidget)
 qt_internal_add_example(charactermap)
-qt_internal_add_example(codeeditor)
 qt_internal_add_example(digitalclock)
 qt_internal_add_example(groupbox)
 qt_internal_add_example(icons)
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/widgets.pro b/examples/widgets/widgets/widgets.pro
index 1dd736e56fb..36d428429c7 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/widgets/widgets.pro
+++ b/examples/widgets/widgets/widgets.pro
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ SUBDIRS       = analogclock \
                 calculator \
                 calendarwidget \
                 charactermap \
-                codeeditor \
                 digitalclock \
                 groupbox \
                 icons \
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
index cd9889e9ffa..83156aa6b6e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
@@ -1187,8 +1187,7 @@ void QPlainTextEditPrivate::ensureViewportLayouted()
 
 
     \sa QTextDocument, QTextCursor, {Qt Widgets - Application Example},
-        {Code Editor Example}, {Syntax Highlighter Example},
-        {Rich Text Processing}
+        {Syntax Highlighter Example}, {Rich Text Processing}
 
 */
 
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/codeeditor/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/widgets/widgets/codeeditor/CMakeLists.txt
rename to tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/codeeditor/codeeditor.cpp b/tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/codeeditor.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/widgets/widgets/codeeditor/codeeditor.cpp
rename to tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/codeeditor.cpp
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/codeeditor/codeeditor.h b/tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/codeeditor.h
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/widgets/widgets/codeeditor/codeeditor.h
rename to tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/codeeditor.h
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/codeeditor/codeeditor.pro b/tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/codeeditor.pro
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/widgets/widgets/codeeditor/codeeditor.pro
rename to tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/codeeditor.pro
diff --git a/examples/widgets/doc/src/codeeditor.qdoc b/tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/codeeditor.qdoc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/widgets/doc/src/codeeditor.qdoc
rename to tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/codeeditor.qdoc
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/codeeditor/main.cpp b/tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/main.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/widgets/widgets/codeeditor/main.cpp
rename to tests/manual/textrendering/codeeditor/main.cpp