diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
index 355d553aaf0..4a5860d0b1b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
@@ -1178,13 +1178,22 @@ bool QFileSystemEngine::createLink(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSy
     return false;
 }
 
-#ifndef Q_OS_DARWIN
+#ifdef Q_OS_DARWIN
+// see qfilesystemengine_mac.mm
+#elif defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED)
+// bootstrapped tools don't need this, and we don't want QStorageInfo
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::moveFileToTrash(const QFileSystemEntry &, QFileSystemEntry &,
+                                        QSystemError &error)
+{
+    error = QSystemError(ENOSYS, QSystemError::StandardLibraryError);
+    return false;
+}
+#else
 /*
     Implementing as per https://specifications.freedesktop.org/trash-spec/trashspec-1.0.html
 */
 
-// bootstrapped tools don't need this, and we don't want QStorageInfo
-#ifndef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
 static QString freeDesktopTrashLocation(const QString &sourcePath)
 {
     auto makeTrashDir = [](const QDir &topDir, const QString &trashDir = QString()) {
@@ -1279,18 +1288,11 @@ static QString freeDesktopTrashLocation(const QString &sourcePath)
 
     return trash;
 }
-#endif // QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
 
 //static
 bool QFileSystemEngine::moveFileToTrash(const QFileSystemEntry &source,
                                         QFileSystemEntry &newLocation, QSystemError &error)
 {
-#ifdef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
-    Q_UNUSED(source);
-    Q_UNUSED(newLocation);
-    error = QSystemError(ENOSYS, QSystemError::StandardLibraryError);
-    return false;
-#else
     const QFileInfo sourceInfo(source.filePath());
     if (!sourceInfo.exists()) {
         error = QSystemError(ENOENT, QSystemError::StandardLibraryError);
@@ -1386,9 +1388,8 @@ bool QFileSystemEngine::moveFileToTrash(const QFileSystemEntry &source,
 
     newLocation = std::move(target);
     return true;
-#endif // QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
 }
-#endif // Q_OS_DARWIN
+#endif // !Q_OS_DARWIN && !QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
 
 //static
 bool QFileSystemEngine::copyFile(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error)