diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qwaitcondition_win.cpp b/src/corelib/thread/qwaitcondition_win.cpp
index ba34129b7ff..04cfe165769 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qwaitcondition_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qwaitcondition_win.cpp
@@ -161,10 +161,6 @@ bool QWaitCondition::wait(QMutex *mutex, unsigned long time)
 {
     if (!mutex)
         return false;
-    if (mutex->isRecursive()) {
-        qWarning("QWaitCondition::wait: Cannot wait on recursive mutexes");
-        return false;
-    }
 
     QWaitConditionEvent *wce = d->pre();
     mutex->unlock();