diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qassert.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qassert.cpp
index 6a29cbfa21c..7c0064ac2ff 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qassert.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qassert.cpp
@@ -194,36 +194,6 @@ void qBadAlloc()
     \sa Q_ASSERT(), Q_UNREACHABLE(), Q_LIKELY()
 */
 
-/*!
-    \macro QT_TERMINATE_ON_EXCEPTION(expr)
-    \relates <QtGlobal>
-    \internal
-
-    In general, use of the Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT macro is preferred over
-    Q_DECL_NOTHROW, because it exhibits well-defined behavior and
-    supports the more powerful Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT_EXPR variant. However,
-    use of Q_DECL_NOTHROW has the advantage that Windows builds
-    benefit on a wide range or compiler versions that do not yet
-    support the C++11 noexcept feature.
-
-    It may therefore be beneficial to use Q_DECL_NOTHROW and emulate
-    the C++11 behavior manually with an embedded try/catch.
-
-    Qt provides the QT_TERMINATE_ON_EXCEPTION(expr) macro for this
-    purpose. It either expands to \c expr (if Qt is compiled without
-    exception support or the compiler supports C++11 noexcept
-    semantics) or to
-    \snippet code/src_corelib_global_qglobal.cpp qterminate
-    otherwise.
-
-    Since this macro expands to just \c expr if the compiler supports
-    C++11 noexcept, expecting the compiler to take over responsibility
-    of calling std::terminate() in that case, it should not be used
-    outside Q_DECL_NOTHROW functions.
-
-    \sa Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT, Q_DECL_NOTHROW, qTerminate()
-*/
-
 /*!
     \macro void Q_UNREACHABLE()
     \relates <QtAssert>
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qexceptionhandling.h b/src/corelib/global/qexceptionhandling.h
index 76c6185c3ea..7ffd0798f6f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qexceptionhandling.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qexceptionhandling.h
@@ -28,17 +28,11 @@ Q_NORETURN Q_DECL_COLD_FUNCTION Q_CORE_EXPORT void qTerminate() noexcept;
 #  define QT_CATCH(A) else
 #  define QT_THROW(A) qt_noop()
 #  define QT_RETHROW qt_noop()
-#  define QT_TERMINATE_ON_EXCEPTION(expr) do { expr; } while (false)
 #else
 #  define QT_TRY try
 #  define QT_CATCH(A) catch (A)
 #  define QT_THROW(A) throw A
 #  define QT_RETHROW throw
-#  ifdef Q_COMPILER_NOEXCEPT
-#    define QT_TERMINATE_ON_EXCEPTION(expr) do { expr; } while (false)
-#  else
-#    define QT_TERMINATE_ON_EXCEPTION(expr) do { try { expr; } catch (...) { qTerminate(); } } while (false)
-#  endif
 #endif
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qlogging.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qlogging.cpp
index 82b139e4d61..efeec370943 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qlogging.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qlogging.cpp
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ void QMessageLogger::fatal(const QLoggingCategory &cat, const char *msg, ...) co
 
     va_list ap;
     va_start(ap, msg); // use variable arg list
-    QT_TERMINATE_ON_EXCEPTION(qt_message(QtFatalMsg, ctxt, msg, ap));
+    qt_message(QtFatalMsg, ctxt, msg, ap);
     va_end(ap);
 
 #ifndef Q_CC_MSVC_ONLY
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ void QMessageLogger::fatal(QMessageLogger::CategoryFunction catFunc,
 
     va_list ap;
     va_start(ap, msg); // use variable arg list
-    QT_TERMINATE_ON_EXCEPTION(qt_message(QtFatalMsg, ctxt, msg, ap));
+    qt_message(QtFatalMsg, ctxt, msg, ap);
     va_end(ap);
 
 #ifndef Q_CC_MSVC_ONLY
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ void QMessageLogger::fatal(const char *msg, ...) const noexcept
     QInternalMessageLogContext ctxt(context);
     va_list ap;
     va_start(ap, msg); // use variable arg list
-    QT_TERMINATE_ON_EXCEPTION(qt_message(QtFatalMsg, ctxt, msg, ap));
+    qt_message(QtFatalMsg, ctxt, msg, ap);
     va_end(ap);
 
 #ifndef Q_CC_MSVC_ONLY