diff --git a/src/gui/guikernel/qguiapplication.cpp b/src/gui/guikernel/qguiapplication.cpp
index 210a4e1abe4..556f3d87983 100644
--- a/src/gui/guikernel/qguiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/guikernel/qguiapplication.cpp
@@ -718,7 +718,6 @@ void QGuiApplication::changeOverrideCursor(const QCursor &cursor)
 void QGuiApplication::setOverrideCursor(const QCursor &cursor)
 {
     qGuiApp->d_func()->cursor_list.prepend(cursor);
-    qt_qpa_set_cursor(0, false);
 }
 
 void QGuiApplication::restoreOverrideCursor()
@@ -726,7 +725,6 @@ void QGuiApplication::restoreOverrideCursor()
     if (qGuiApp->d_func()->cursor_list.isEmpty())
         return;
     qGuiApp->d_func()->cursor_list.removeFirst();
-    qt_qpa_set_cursor(0, false);
 }
 #endif// QT_NO_CURSOR
 
diff --git a/src/gui/guikernel/qguiapplication_p.h b/src/gui/guikernel/qguiapplication_p.h
index a0b6ddf154d..7305e8c51a0 100644
--- a/src/gui/guikernel/qguiapplication_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/guikernel/qguiapplication_p.h
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@ private:
     static QGuiApplicationPrivate *self;
 };
 
-class QWidget;
-extern void qt_qpa_set_cursor(QWidget *, bool);
-
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 QT_END_HEADER
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qapplication_p.h b/src/gui/kernel/qapplication_p.h
index 5e8ea1f21db..97106dc54da 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qapplication_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qapplication_p.h
@@ -618,6 +618,8 @@ Q_GUI_EXPORT void qt_translateRawTouchEvent(QWidget *window,
   extern void qt_x11_enforce_cursor(QWidget *);
 #elif defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
   extern void qt_symbian_set_cursor(QWidget *, bool);
+#else
+  extern void qt_qpa_set_cursor(QWidget * w, bool force);
 #endif
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE