diff --git a/src/corelib/configure.cmake b/src/corelib/configure.cmake
index 6e8de890994..eca3b01886f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/configure.cmake
@@ -137,27 +137,6 @@ int pipes[2];
 }
 ")
 
-# cxx11_future
-if (UNIX AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT QNX AND NOT INTEGRITY)
-    set(cxx11_future_TEST_LIBRARIES pthread)
-endif()
-qt_config_compile_test(cxx11_future
-    LABEL "C++11 <future>"
-    LIBRARIES
-     "${cxx11_future_TEST_LIBRARIES}"
-    CODE
-"#include <future>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-    /* BEGIN TEST: */
-std::future<int> f = std::async([]() { return 42; });
-(void)f.get();
-    /* END TEST: */
-    return 0;
-}
-")
-
 # cxx17_filesystem
 qt_config_compile_test(cxx17_filesystem
     LABEL "C++17 <filesystem>"
@@ -565,7 +544,7 @@ qt_feature("system-doubleconversion" PRIVATE
 )
 qt_feature("cxx11_future" PUBLIC
     LABEL "C++11 <future>"
-    CONDITION TEST_cxx11_future
+    CONDITION ON
 )
 qt_feature("cxx17_filesystem" PUBLIC
     LABEL "C++17 <filesystem>"
diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp b/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp
index 61369420d14..111c6a93d53 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp
@@ -1201,7 +1201,6 @@ bool QThread::isInterruptionRequested() const
     \sa start()
 */
 
-#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
 class QThreadCreateThread : public QThread
 {
 public:
@@ -1230,7 +1229,6 @@ QThread *QThread::createThreadImpl(std::future<void> &&future)
 {
     return new QThreadCreateThread(std::move(future));
 }
-#endif // QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
 
 /*!
     \class QDaemonThread
diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qthread.h b/src/corelib/thread/qthread.h
index 40f363ee5a9..32a0bb703e8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qthread.h
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qthread.h
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@
 #include <QtCore/qdeadlinetimer.h>
 
 // For QThread::create
-#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-#  include <future> // for std::async
-#  include <functional> // for std::invoke; no guard needed as it's a C++98 header
-#endif
+#include <future> // for std::async
+#include <functional> // for std::invoke; no guard needed as it's a C++98 header
 // internal compiler error with mingw 8.1
 #if defined(Q_CC_MSVC) && defined(Q_PROCESSOR_X86)
 #include <intrin.h>
@@ -70,10 +68,8 @@ public:
     bool event(QEvent *event) override;
     int loopLevel() const;
 
-#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future) || defined(Q_QDOC)
     template <typename Function, typename... Args>
     [[nodiscard]] static QThread *create(Function &&f, Args &&... args);
-#endif
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
     void start(Priority = InheritPriority);
@@ -112,16 +108,13 @@ private:
     Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(QThread)
     friend class QEventLoopLocker;
 
-#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     [[nodiscard]] static QThread *createThreadImpl(std::future<void> &&future);
-#endif
     static Qt::HANDLE currentThreadIdImpl() noexcept Q_DECL_PURE_FUNCTION;
 
     friend class QCoreApplication;
     friend class QThreadData;
 };
 
-#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
 template <typename Function, typename... Args>
 QThread *QThread::create(Function &&f, Args &&... args)
 {
@@ -136,7 +129,6 @@ QThread *QThread::create(Function &&f, Args &&... args)
                                        std::move(threadFunction),
                                        std::forward<Args>(args)...));
 }
-#endif // QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
 
 /*
     On architectures and platforms we know, interpret the thread control
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp
index 17deeb4c5ef..fdd3cb53a86 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp
@@ -1342,14 +1342,10 @@ void tst_QTimer::timerOrder_data()
 
 void tst_QTimer::timerOrderBackgroundThread()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     auto *thread = QThread::create([this]() { timerOrder(); });
     thread->start();
     QVERIFY(thread->wait());
     delete thread;
-#endif
 }
 
 struct StaticSingleShotUser
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qbytearraymatcher/tst_qbytearraymatcher.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qbytearraymatcher/tst_qbytearraymatcher.cpp
index 3d3b7245992..415dbd1d1cd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qbytearraymatcher/tst_qbytearraymatcher.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qbytearraymatcher/tst_qbytearraymatcher.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 #include <numeric>
 #include <string>
 
-#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-# include <thread>
-#endif
+#include <thread>
 
 // COM interface
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN) && defined(interface)
@@ -253,14 +251,7 @@ void tst_QByteArrayMatcher::haystacksWithMoreThan4GiBWork()
     QCOMPARE(large.size(), BaseSize + needle.size());
     qDebug("created dataset in %lld ms", timer.elapsed());
 
-# if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     using MaybeThread = std::thread;
-# else
-    struct MaybeThread {
-        std::function<void()> func;
-        void join() { func(); }
-    };
-# endif
 
     //
     // WHEN: trying to match an occurrence past the 4GiB mark
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlatin1stringmatcher/tst_qlatin1stringmatcher.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlatin1stringmatcher/tst_qlatin1stringmatcher.cpp
index 9572466a7bb..19613105dd4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlatin1stringmatcher/tst_qlatin1stringmatcher.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlatin1stringmatcher/tst_qlatin1stringmatcher.cpp
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 #include <numeric>
 #include <string>
 
-#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-#    include <thread>
-#endif
+#include <thread>
 
 // COM interface
 #if defined(interface)
@@ -264,15 +262,7 @@ void tst_QLatin1StringMatcher::haystacksWithMoreThan4GiBWork()
     QCOMPARE(large.size(), BaseSize + needle.size());
     qDebug("created dataset in %lld ms", timer.elapsed());
 
-#    if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     using MaybeThread = std::thread;
-#    else
-    struct MaybeThread
-    {
-        std::function<void()> func;
-        void join() { func(); }
-    };
-#    endif
 
     //
     // WHEN: trying to match an occurrence past the 4GiB mark
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qfuture/tst_qfuture.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qfuture/tst_qfuture.cpp
index 0bdeb96b141..adca1186181 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qfuture/tst_qfuture.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qfuture/tst_qfuture.cpp
@@ -3908,9 +3908,6 @@ void tst_QFuture::signalConnect()
 
 void tst_QFuture::waitForFinished()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     QFutureInterface<void> fi;
     auto future = fi.future();
 
@@ -3931,7 +3928,6 @@ void tst_QFuture::waitForFinished()
 
     QVERIFY(waitingThread->wait());
     QVERIFY(waitingThread->isFinished());
-#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QFuture::rejectResultOverwrite_data()
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qpromise/tst_qpromise.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qpromise/tst_qpromise.cpp
index 10023610050..d332dbc5e4e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qpromise/tst_qpromise.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qpromise/tst_qpromise.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ do { \
         QFAIL("Test case " #test "(" #__VA_ARGS__ ") failed"); \
 } while (false)
 
-#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
 // std::thread-like wrapper that ensures that the thread is joined at the end of
 // a scope to prevent potential std::terminate
 struct ThreadWrapper
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ struct ThreadWrapper
         t->wait();
     }
 };
-#endif
 
 void tst_QPromise::promise()
 {
@@ -344,9 +342,6 @@ void tst_QPromise::progress()
 
 void tst_QPromise::addInThread()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     const auto testAddResult = [] (auto promise, const auto &result) {
         promise.start();
         auto f = promise.future();
@@ -362,14 +357,10 @@ void tst_QPromise::addInThread()
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testAddResult, QPromise<int>(), 42);
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testAddResult, QPromise<QString>(), u8"42");
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testAddResult, QPromise<CopyOnlyType>(), CopyOnlyType{99});
-#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QPromise::addInThreadMoveOnlyObject()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     QPromise<MoveOnlyType> promise;
     promise.start();
     auto f = promise.future();
@@ -381,14 +372,10 @@ void tst_QPromise::addInThreadMoveOnlyObject()
     // Iterators wait for result first
     for (auto& result : f)
         QCOMPARE(result, MoveOnlyType{-11});
-#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QPromise::reportFromMultipleThreads()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     QPromise<int> promise;
     auto f = promise.future();
     promise.start();
@@ -407,14 +394,10 @@ void tst_QPromise::reportFromMultipleThreads()
         QVERIFY(std::find(expected.begin(), expected.end(), actual) != expected.end());
         expected.removeOne(actual);
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QPromise::reportFromMultipleThreadsByMovedPromise()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     QPromise<int> initialPromise;
     auto f = initialPromise.future();
     {
@@ -441,14 +424,10 @@ void tst_QPromise::reportFromMultipleThreadsByMovedPromise()
         QVERIFY(std::find(expected.begin(), expected.end(), actual) != expected.end());
         expected.removeOne(actual);
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QPromise::doNotCancelWhenFinished()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     const auto testFinishedPromise = [] (auto promise) {
         auto f = promise.future();
         promise.start();
@@ -467,15 +446,11 @@ void tst_QPromise::doNotCancelWhenFinished()
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testFinishedPromise, QPromise<QString>());
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testFinishedPromise, QPromise<CopyOnlyType>());
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testFinishedPromise, QPromise<MoveOnlyType>());
-#endif
 }
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
 void tst_QPromise::cancelWhenDestroyed()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     QPromise<int> initialPromise;
     auto f = initialPromise.future();
 
@@ -503,15 +478,11 @@ void tst_QPromise::cancelWhenDestroyed()
         QVERIFY(std::find(expected.begin(), expected.end(), actual) != expected.end());
         expected.removeOne(actual);
     }
-#endif
 }
 #endif
 
 void tst_QPromise::cancelWhenReassigned()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     QPromise<int> promise;
     auto f = promise.future();
     promise.start();
@@ -525,7 +496,6 @@ void tst_QPromise::cancelWhenReassigned()
 
     QCOMPARE(f.isFinished(), true);
     QCOMPARE(f.isCanceled(), true);
-#endif
 }
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -640,9 +610,6 @@ void tst_QPromise::continuationsRunWhenFinished()
 
 void tst_QPromise::finishWhenSwapped()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     QPromise<int> promise1;
     auto f1 = promise1.future();
     promise1.start();
@@ -677,15 +644,11 @@ void tst_QPromise::finishWhenSwapped()
 
     QCOMPARE(f2.resultAt(0), 1);
     QCOMPARE(f2.resultAt(1), 2);
-#endif
 }
 
 template <typename T>
 void testCancelWhenMoved()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     QPromise<T> promise1;
     auto f1 = promise1.future();
     promise1.start();
@@ -711,7 +674,6 @@ void testCancelWhenMoved()
     // Future #2 is explicitly finished inside thread
     QCOMPARE(f2.isFinished(), true);
     QCOMPARE(f2.isCanceled(), false);
-#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QPromise::cancelWhenMoved()
@@ -753,9 +715,6 @@ void tst_QPromise::waitUntilResumed()
 
 void tst_QPromise::waitUntilCanceled()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     QPromise<int> promise;
     promise.start();
     auto f = promise.future();
@@ -776,7 +735,6 @@ void tst_QPromise::waitUntilCanceled()
     f.waitForFinished();
 
     QCOMPARE(f.resultCount(), 0);
-#endif
 }
 
 // Below is a quick and dirty hack to make snippets a part of a test suite
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qthread/tst_qthread.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qthread/tst_qthread.cpp
index 511bc02b45f..095b3dbf585 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qthread/tst_qthread.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qthread/tst_qthread.cpp
@@ -1355,9 +1355,6 @@ void tst_QThread::quitLock()
 
 void tst_QThread::create()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     {
         const auto &function = [](){};
         QScopedPointer<QThread> thread(QThread::create(function));
@@ -1597,7 +1594,6 @@ void tst_QThread::create()
         QVERIFY(!thread);
     }
 #endif // QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
-#endif // QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
 }
 
 void tst_QThread::createDestruction()
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash/tst_qcryptographichash.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash/tst_qcryptographichash.cpp
index a7c22ffe292..dca993010d4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash/tst_qcryptographichash.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash/tst_qcryptographichash.cpp
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 #include <QCryptographicHash>
 #include <QtCore/QMetaEnum>
 
-#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-#  include <thread>
-#endif
+#include <thread>
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QCryptographicHash::Algorithm)
 
@@ -520,14 +518,7 @@ void tst_QCryptographicHash::moreThan4GiBOfData()
 {
     QFETCH(const QCryptographicHash::Algorithm, algorithm);
 
-# if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     using MaybeThread = std::thread;
-# else
-    struct MaybeThread {
-        std::function<void()> func;
-        void join() { func(); }
-    };
-# endif
 
     QElapsedTimer timer;
     timer.start();
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qhash/tst_qhash.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qhash/tst_qhash.cpp
index c906924b2b5..003000c94a8 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qhash/tst_qhash.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qhash/tst_qhash.cpp
@@ -2820,9 +2820,6 @@ void tst_QHash::QTBUG98265()
 */
 void tst_QHash::detachAndReferences()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires cxx11_future")
-#else
     // Repeat a few times because it's not a guarantee
     for (int i = 0; i < 50; ++i) {
         QHash<char, char> hash;
@@ -2860,7 +2857,6 @@ void tst_QHash::detachAndReferences()
         QVERIFY(hash.contains(kCopy));
         QCOMPARE(hash.value(kCopy), vCopy);
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QHash::lookupUsingKeyIterator()
diff --git a/tests/auto/other/qobjectrace/tst_qobjectrace.cpp b/tests/auto/other/qobjectrace/tst_qobjectrace.cpp
index 90b1b5c29a8..e25e99f2a11 100644
--- a/tests/auto/other/qobjectrace/tst_qobjectrace.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/other/qobjectrace/tst_qobjectrace.cpp
@@ -318,9 +318,6 @@ private:
 
 void tst_QObjectRace::blockingQueuedDestroyRace()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     enum { MinIterations = 100, MinTime = 3000, WaitTime = 25 };
 
     BlockingQueuedDestroyRaceObject sender;
@@ -366,7 +363,6 @@ void tst_QObjectRace::blockingQueuedDestroyRace()
 
         thread->wait();
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 static QAtomicInteger<unsigned> countedStructObjectsCount;
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/corelib/kernel/qtimer_vs_qmetaobject/tst_qtimer_vs_qmetaobject.cpp b/tests/benchmarks/corelib/kernel/qtimer_vs_qmetaobject/tst_qtimer_vs_qmetaobject.cpp
index d36ea17756d..c7f328c1bad 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/corelib/kernel/qtimer_vs_qmetaobject/tst_qtimer_vs_qmetaobject.cpp
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/corelib/kernel/qtimer_vs_qmetaobject/tst_qtimer_vs_qmetaobject.cpp
@@ -101,13 +101,9 @@ void qtimer_vs_qmetaobject::bench_data()
 
 void qtimer_vs_qmetaobject::benchBackgroundThread()
 {
-#if !QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
-    QSKIP("This test requires QThread::create");
-#else
     QScopedPointer<QThread> thread(QThread::create([this]() { bench(); }));
     thread->start();
     QVERIFY(thread->wait());
-#endif
 }
 
 QTEST_MAIN(qtimer_vs_qmetaobject)