diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesscache.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesscache.cpp
index 9a1a3d38065..2bc0e8fb708 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesscache.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesscache.cpp
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-QT_IMPL_METATYPE_EXTERN_TAGGED(QNetworkAccessCache::CacheableObject*,
-                               QNetworkAccessCache__CacheableObject_ptr)
-
 enum ExpiryTimeEnum {
     ExpiryTime = 120
 };
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesscache_p.h b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesscache_p.h
index d0c032de6fd..3be7967ca1f 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesscache_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesscache_p.h
@@ -87,7 +87,4 @@ private:
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
-QT_DECL_METATYPE_EXTERN_TAGGED(QNetworkAccessCache::CacheableObject*,
-                               QNetworkAccessCache__CacheableObject_ptr, /* not exported */)
-
 #endif
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.cpp
index fb8a96a049b..98c2dc0eed1 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.cpp
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-QT_IMPL_METATYPE_EXTERN(QDnsLookupReply)
-
 #if QT_CONFIG(thread)
 Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(QDnsLookupThreadPool, theDnsLookupThreadPool);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_p.h b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_p.h
index 995640362cc..3a8e1a53cb1 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_p.h
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_p.h
@@ -201,6 +201,4 @@ public:
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
-QT_DECL_METATYPE_EXTERN(QDnsLookupReply, Q_NETWORK_EXPORT)
-
 #endif // QDNSLOOKUP_P_H