diff --git a/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md b/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
index e26380ff569..118371518db 100644
--- a/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
+++ b/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ The following table describes the mapping of configure options to CMake argument
 |                                       | or -DFEATURE_<backend>                            |                                                                 |
 | -sanitize address -sanitize undefined | -DFEATURE_sanitize_address=ON                     | Directly setting -DECM_ENABLE_SANITIZERS=foo is not supported   |
 |                                       | -DFEATURE_sanitize_undefined=ON                   |                                                                 |
-| -coverage <arg>                       |                                                   |                                                                 |
 | -c++std c++20                         | -DFEATURE_cxx20=ON                                |                                                                 |
 | -sse2/-sse3/-ssse3/-sse4.1            | -DFEATURE_sse4=ON                                 |                                                                 |
 | -mips_dsp/-mips_dspr2                 | -DFEATURE_mips_dsp=ON                             |                                                                 |
diff --git a/config_help.txt b/config_help.txt
index 09c43a580bf..bee38edda3e 100644
--- a/config_help.txt
+++ b/config_help.txt
@@ -106,11 +106,6 @@ Build options:
                          for example, -sanitize address cannot be combined with
                          -sanitize thread.
 
-  -coverage {trace-pc-guard|source-based}
-                         Specify the 'trace-pc-guard' coverage instrumentation for
-                         sanitizers or generate instrumented code to collect execution
-                         counts and enable code coverage analysis, respectively. (Clang only)
-
   -c++std <edition> .... Select C++ standard <edition> [c++20/c++17/c++14/c++11]
 
   -sse2 ................ Use SSE2 instructions [auto]
diff --git a/configure.cmake b/configure.cmake
index 6878b8bd55c..a7f2cd5e5c3 100644
--- a/configure.cmake
+++ b/configure.cmake
@@ -536,21 +536,6 @@ qt_feature("sanitizer"
     CONDITION QT_FEATURE_sanitize_address OR QT_FEATURE_sanitize_thread OR QT_FEATURE_sanitize_memory OR QT_FEATURE_sanitize_fuzzer_no_link OR QT_FEATURE_sanitize_undefined
 )
 qt_feature_config("sanitizer" QMAKE_PUBLIC_CONFIG)
-qt_feature("coverage_trace_pc_guard"
-    LABEL "trace-pc-guard"
-    AUTODETECT OFF
-)
-qt_feature_config("coverage_trace_pc_guard" QMAKE_PUBLIC_CONFIG)
-qt_feature("coverage_source_based"
-    LABEL "source-based"
-    AUTODETECT OFF
-)
-qt_feature_config("coverage_source_based" QMAKE_PUBLIC_CONFIG)
-qt_feature("coverage"
-    LABEL "Code Coverage Instrumentation"
-    CONDITION QT_FEATURE_coverage_trace_pc_guard OR QT_FEATURE_coverage_source_based
-)
-qt_feature_config("coverage" QMAKE_PUBLIC_CONFIG)
 qt_feature("plugin-manifests"
     LABEL "Embed manifests in plugins"
     AUTODETECT OFF
@@ -1059,12 +1044,6 @@ qt_configure_add_summary_entry(ARGS "sanitize_memory")
 qt_configure_add_summary_entry(ARGS "sanitize_fuzzer_no_link")
 qt_configure_add_summary_entry(ARGS "sanitize_undefined")
 qt_configure_end_summary_section() # end of "Sanitizers" section
-qt_configure_add_summary_entry(
-    TYPE "firstAvailableFeature"
-    ARGS "coverage_trace_pc_guard coverage_source_based"
-    MESSAGE "Code Coverage Instrumentation"
-    CONDITION QT_FEATURE_coverage
-)
 qt_configure_add_summary_build_parts("Build parts")
 qt_configure_add_summary_entry(
     ARGS "appstore-compliant"
@@ -1116,11 +1095,6 @@ qt_configure_add_report_entry(
     MESSAGE "Static builds don't support RPATH"
     CONDITION ( QT_FEATURE_rpath OR QT_EXTRA_RPATHS ) AND NOT QT_FEATURE_shared
 )
-qt_configure_add_report_entry(
-    TYPE ERROR
-    MESSAGE "Command line option -coverage is only supported with clang compilers."
-    CONDITION QT_FEATURE_coverage AND NOT CLANG
-)
 qt_configure_add_report_entry(
     TYPE ERROR
     MESSAGE "Command line option -sanitize fuzzer-no-link is only supported with clang compilers."
diff --git a/qt_cmdline.cmake b/qt_cmdline.cmake
index 8c1bfad0b4f..24cfec31b1c 100644
--- a/qt_cmdline.cmake
+++ b/qt_cmdline.cmake
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ qt_commandline_option(c++std TYPE cxxstd)
 qt_commandline_option(ccache TYPE boolean NAME ccache)
 qt_commandline_option(commercial TYPE void)
 qt_commandline_option(confirm-license TYPE void)
-qt_commandline_option(coverage TYPE coverage)
 qt_commandline_option(dbus TYPE optionalString VALUES no yes linked runtime)
 qt_commandline_option(dbus-linked TYPE void NAME dbus VALUE linked)
 qt_commandline_option(dbus-runtime TYPE void NAME dbus VALUE runtime)
diff --git a/tests/libfuzzer/README b/tests/libfuzzer/README
index d0ab4fdda8a..821aa262e70 100644
--- a/tests/libfuzzer/README
+++ b/tests/libfuzzer/README
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ To run a test with libFuzzer:
 3. Configure Qt with
     -platform linux-clang -sanitize fuzzer-no-link
    or, if you are using clang 5
-    -platform linux-clang -coverage trace-pc-guard
+    -platform linux-clang -- -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc-guard
    to add the needed code coverage instrumentation. Since speed of execution is crucial for fuzz
    testing, it's recommendable to also use the switches
     -release -static