diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qpointer.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qpointer.cpp
index b983bef5fe5..f81451d9061 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qpointer.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qpointer.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     \brief The QPointer class is a template class that provides guarded pointers to QObject.
 
     \ingroup objectmodel
-    \obsolete Use QWeakPointer instead.
 
     A guarded pointer, QPointer<T>, behaves like a normal C++
     pointer \c{T *}, except that it is automatically set to 0 when the
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qpointer.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qpointer.h
index 9b4f8e43322..836c13e3fcd 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qpointer.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qpointer.h
@@ -49,10 +49,8 @@ QT_BEGIN_HEADER
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 
-#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5,0)
-
 template <class T>
-class QT_DEPRECATED QPointer
+class QPointer
 {
     QWeakPointer<T> wp;
 
@@ -161,8 +159,6 @@ inline bool operator!= (int i, const QPointer<T> &p)
 { Q_ASSERT(i == 0); return !i && !p.isNull(); }
 #endif
 
-#endif // QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5,0)
-
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 QT_END_HEADER