diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.h b/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.h
index 421eb9136b6..0d27598fbb2 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.h
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 QT_REQUIRE_CONFIG(textedit);
 
+class tst_QTextEdit;
+
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 class QStyleSheet;
@@ -283,6 +285,7 @@ private:
     friend class QTextEditControl;
     friend class QTextDocument;
     friend class QWidgetTextControl;
+    friend class ::tst_QTextEdit;
 };
 
 Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(QTextEdit::AutoFormatting)
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qtextedit/tst_qtextedit.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qtextedit/tst_qtextedit.cpp
index 70d25f2e57c..36dadf5f213 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qtextedit/tst_qtextedit.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qtextedit/tst_qtextedit.cpp
@@ -2256,13 +2256,6 @@ void tst_QTextEdit::setDocumentPreservesPalette()
 }
 #endif
 
-class PublicTextEdit : public QTextEdit
-{
-public:
-    void publicInsertFromMimeData(const QMimeData *source)
-    { insertFromMimeData(source); }
-};
-
 void tst_QTextEdit::pasteFromQt3RichText()
 {
     QByteArray richtext("<!--StartFragment--><p>  QTextEdit is an  ");
@@ -2270,7 +2263,7 @@ void tst_QTextEdit::pasteFromQt3RichText()
     QMimeData mimeData;
     mimeData.setData("application/x-qrichtext", richtext);
 
-    static_cast<PublicTextEdit *>(ed)->publicInsertFromMimeData(&mimeData);
+    ed->insertFromMimeData(&mimeData);
 
     QCOMPARE(ed->toPlainText(), QString::fromLatin1("  QTextEdit is an  "));
     ed->clear();
@@ -2278,7 +2271,7 @@ void tst_QTextEdit::pasteFromQt3RichText()
     richtext = "<!--StartFragment-->  QTextEdit is an  ";
     mimeData.setData("application/x-qrichtext", richtext);
 
-    static_cast<PublicTextEdit *>(ed)->publicInsertFromMimeData(&mimeData);
+    ed->insertFromMimeData(&mimeData);
 
     QCOMPARE(ed->toPlainText(), QString::fromLatin1("  QTextEdit is an  "));
 }
@@ -2290,7 +2283,7 @@ void tst_QTextEdit::pasteFromMarkdown()
     QMimeData mimeData;
     mimeData.setData("text/markdown", richtext);
 
-    static_cast<PublicTextEdit *>(ed)->publicInsertFromMimeData(&mimeData);
+    ed->insertFromMimeData(&mimeData);
 
     QCOMPARE(ed->toPlainText(), "This text is rich");
 #if QT_CONFIG(textmarkdownwriter)