diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qhostinfo.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qhostinfo.cpp
index 7509e2cd7ea..c86f5109146 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qhostinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qhostinfo.cpp
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ QHostInfo QHostInfoPrivate::fromName(const QString &name, QSharedPointer<QNetwor
 // This function has a special implementation for symbian right now in qhostinfo_symbian.cpp but not on other OS.
 QHostInfo QHostInfoAgent::fromName(const QString &hostName, QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession>)
 {
-    Q_UNUSED(networkSession);
     return QHostInfoAgent::fromName(hostName);
 }
 #endif