diff --git a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
index aed5fd973a2..1bd01cd30cc 100644
--- a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ qt_internal_add_module(Core
         global/qoverload.h
         global/qprocessordetection.h
         global/qrandom.cpp global/qrandom.h global/qrandom_p.h
+        global/qswap.h
         global/qsysinfo.h
         global/qsystemdetection.h
         global/qtclasshelpermacros.h
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
index 0ebbc34f499..09072b8b6db 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
@@ -136,41 +136,6 @@ typedef void (*QFunctionPointer)();
 #  define Q_UNIMPLEMENTED() qWarning("Unimplemented code.")
 #endif
 
-QT_WARNING_PUSH
-// warning: noexcept-expression evaluates to 'false' because of a call to 'void swap(..., ...)'
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_GCC("-Wnoexcept")
-
-namespace QtPrivate
-{
-namespace SwapExceptionTester { // insulate users from the "using std::swap" below
-    using std::swap; // import std::swap
-    template <typename T>
-    void checkSwap(T &t)
-        noexcept(noexcept(swap(t, t)));
-    // declared, but not implemented (only to be used in unevaluated contexts (noexcept operator))
-}
-} // namespace QtPrivate
-
-// Documented in ../tools/qalgorithm.qdoc
-template <typename T>
-constexpr void qSwap(T &value1, T &value2)
-    noexcept(noexcept(QtPrivate::SwapExceptionTester::checkSwap(value1)))
-{
-    using std::swap;
-    swap(value1, value2);
-}
-
-// pure compile-time micro-optimization for our own headers, so not documented:
-template <typename T>
-constexpr inline void qt_ptr_swap(T* &lhs, T* &rhs) noexcept
-{
-    T *tmp = lhs;
-    lhs = rhs;
-    rhs = tmp;
-}
-
-QT_WARNING_POP
-
 Q_CORE_EXPORT void *qMallocAligned(size_t size, size_t alignment) Q_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
 Q_CORE_EXPORT void *qReallocAligned(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t oldsize, size_t alignment) Q_ALLOC_SIZE(2);
 Q_CORE_EXPORT void qFreeAligned(void *ptr);
@@ -219,6 +184,7 @@ QT_END_NAMESPACE
 #include <QtCore/qminmax.h>
 #include <QtCore/qnumeric.h>
 #include <QtCore/qoverload.h>
+#include <QtCore/qswap.h>
 #include <QtCore/qtdeprecationmarkers.h>
 #include <QtCore/qtranslation.h>
 #include <QtCore/qtresource.h>
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qswap.h b/src/corelib/global/qswap.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ff6c7d9c58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qswap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR LGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
+
+#ifndef QSWAP_H
+#define QSWAP_H
+
+#include <QtCore/qtconfigmacros.h>
+#include <QtCore/qcompilerdetection.h>
+
+#if 0
+#pragma qt_class(QtSwap)
+#pragma qt_sync_stop_processing
+#endif
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+QT_WARNING_PUSH
+// warning: noexcept-expression evaluates to 'false' because of a call to 'void swap(..., ...)'
+QT_WARNING_DISABLE_GCC("-Wnoexcept")
+
+namespace QtPrivate
+{
+namespace SwapExceptionTester { // insulate users from the "using std::swap" below
+    using std::swap; // import std::swap
+    template <typename T>
+    void checkSwap(T &t)
+        noexcept(noexcept(swap(t, t)));
+    // declared, but not implemented (only to be used in unevaluated contexts (noexcept operator))
+}
+} // namespace QtPrivate
+
+// Documented in ../tools/qalgorithm.qdoc
+template <typename T>
+constexpr void qSwap(T &value1, T &value2)
+    noexcept(noexcept(QtPrivate::SwapExceptionTester::checkSwap(value1)))
+{
+    using std::swap;
+    swap(value1, value2);
+}
+
+// pure compile-time micro-optimization for our own headers, so not documented:
+template <typename T>
+constexpr inline void qt_ptr_swap(T* &lhs, T* &rhs) noexcept
+{
+    T *tmp = lhs;
+    lhs = rhs;
+    rhs = tmp;
+}
+
+QT_WARNING_POP
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif // QSWAP_H
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qswap.qdoc b/src/corelib/global/qswap.qdoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d9d56b694b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qswap.qdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
+
+/*! \fn template <typename T> void qSwap(T &var1, T &var2)
+    \relates <QtSwap>
+    \deprecated
+
+    Use \c std::swap instead.
+
+    Exchanges the values of variables \a var1 and \a var2.
+
+    Example:
+    \snippet code/doc_src_qalgorithms.cpp 0
+*/
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qalgorithms.qdoc b/src/corelib/tools/qalgorithms.qdoc
index 4a9c03a43c6..5fe0b3e8c3a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qalgorithms.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qalgorithms.qdoc
@@ -109,18 +109,6 @@
     \sa {container classes}, <QtGlobal>
 */
 
-/*! \fn template <typename T> void qSwap(T &var1, T &var2)
-    \relates <QtAlgorithms>
-    \deprecated
-
-    Use \c std::swap instead.
-
-    Exchanges the values of variables \a var1 and \a var2.
-
-    Example:
-    \snippet code/doc_src_qalgorithms.cpp 0
-*/
-
 /*!
     \fn template <typename ForwardIterator> void qDeleteAll(ForwardIterator begin, ForwardIterator end)
     \relates <QtAlgorithms>