diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp
index 73083773f5d..4795d9f1b14 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ void QTreeView::setModel(QAbstractItemModel *model)
     // QAbstractItemView connects to a private slot
     disconnect(d->model, SIGNAL(rowsRemoved(QModelIndex,int,int)),
                this, SLOT(_q_rowsRemoved(QModelIndex,int,int)));
+    // do header layout after the tree
+    disconnect(d->model, SIGNAL(layoutChanged()),
+               d->header, SLOT(_q_layoutChanged()));
     // QTreeView has a public slot for this
     connect(d->model, SIGNAL(rowsRemoved(QModelIndex,int,int)),
             this, SLOT(rowsRemoved(QModelIndex,int,int)));
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp
index 5de0ca6c229..dfcaa9b5b91 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp
@@ -313,17 +313,6 @@ public:
         endRemoveColumns();
     }
 
-    void removeAddLastColumnLayoutChanged()    // for taskQTBUG_41124
-    {
-        // make sure QHeaderView::_q_layoutChanged() is called
-        emit layoutAboutToBeChanged();
-        --cols;
-        emit layoutChanged();
-        emit layoutAboutToBeChanged();
-        ++cols;
-        emit layoutChanged();
-    }
-
     void removeAllColumns()
     {
         beginRemoveColumns(QModelIndex(), 0, cols - 1);
@@ -1317,19 +1306,6 @@ void tst_QTreeView::columnHidden()
     for (int c = 0; c < model.columnCount(); ++c)
         QCOMPARE(view.isColumnHidden(c), true);
     view.update();
-
-    // QTBUG_41124:
-    // QHeaderViewPrivate::_q_layoutChanged was not called because it was
-    // disconnected in QTreeView::setModel(). _q_layoutChanged restores
-    // the hidden sections which is tested here
-    view.setColumnHidden(model.cols - 1, true);
-    model.removeAddLastColumnLayoutChanged();
-    // we removed the last column and added a new one
-    // (with layoutToBeChanged/layoutChanged() for both) so column
-    // 1 is a new column and therefore must not be hidden when
-    // _q_layoutChanged() is called and is doing the right stuff
-    QCOMPARE(view.isColumnHidden(model.cols - 1), false);
-
 }
 
 void tst_QTreeView::rowHidden()