diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkrequestfactory.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkrequestfactory.cpp
index f6104bf5b9e..6b8d35f9065 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkrequestfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkrequestfactory.cpp
@@ -600,9 +600,6 @@ QNetworkRequestFactoryPrivate::QNetworkRequestFactoryPrivate(const QUrl &baseUrl
 {
 }
 
-QNetworkRequestFactoryPrivate::~QNetworkRequestFactoryPrivate()
-    = default;
-
 QNetworkRequest QNetworkRequestFactoryPrivate::newRequest(const QUrl &url) const
 {
     QNetworkRequest request;
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkrequestfactory_p.h b/src/network/access/qnetworkrequestfactory_p.h
index 4116669f215..fa5aa5ddcc6 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkrequestfactory_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkrequestfactory_p.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class QNetworkRequestFactoryPrivate : public QSharedData
 public:
     QNetworkRequestFactoryPrivate();
     explicit QNetworkRequestFactoryPrivate(const QUrl &baseUrl);
-    ~QNetworkRequestFactoryPrivate();
     QNetworkRequest newRequest(const QUrl &url) const;
     QUrl requestUrl(const QString *path = nullptr, const QUrlQuery *query = nullptr) const;