diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
index 244f1872c21..5bcd6c8b3a1 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
@@ -3308,18 +3308,6 @@ Qt::DropActions QTreeWidget::supportedDropActions() const
     return model()->QAbstractItemModel::supportedDropActions() | Qt::MoveAction;
 }
 
-/*!
-  \obsolete
-  Returns an empty list
-
-  \sa mimeData()
-*/
-QList<QTreeWidgetItem*> QTreeWidget::items(const QMimeData *data) const
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(data);
-    return QList<QTreeWidgetItem*>();
-}
-
 /*!
     Returns the QModelIndex associated with the given \a item in the given \a column.
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.h
index c53de27b567..259bdec52b8 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.h
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ public:
 
     QTreeWidgetItem *itemAbove(const QTreeWidgetItem *item) const;
     QTreeWidgetItem *itemBelow(const QTreeWidgetItem *item) const;
-    QList<QTreeWidgetItem*> items(const QMimeData *data) const;
 
     QModelIndex indexFromItem(const QTreeWidgetItem *item, int column = 0) const;
     QTreeWidgetItem *itemFromIndex(const QModelIndex &index) const;