diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qdebug.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qdebug.cpp
index 378ef90bfeb..65a02e10879 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qdebug.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qdebug.cpp
@@ -979,14 +979,6 @@ QDebug &QDebug::resetFormat()
     \c T need to support streaming into QDebug.
 */
 
-/*!
-    \fn template <class T1, class T2> QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const QPair<T1, T2> &pair)
-    \relates QDebug
-
-    Writes the contents of \a pair to \a debug. Both \c T1 and
-    \c T2 need to support streaming into QDebug.
-*/
-
 /*!
     \fn template <class T1, class T2> QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const std::pair<T1, T2> &pair)
     \relates QDebug
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qdebug.h b/src/corelib/io/qdebug.h
index 8469a4a8206..be837a9fdcf 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qdebug.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qdebug.h
@@ -420,9 +420,6 @@ QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const QMultiHash<Key, T> &hash);
 template <typename T>
 QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const QSet<T> &set);
 
-template <class T1, class T2>
-QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const QPair<T1, T2> &pair);
-
 template <class T1, class T2>
 QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const std::pair<T1, T2> &pair);