diff --git a/src/dbus/qdbusconnection_p.h b/src/dbus/qdbusconnection_p.h
index 3b1853bde0..80bf04571e 100644
--- a/src/dbus/qdbusconnection_p.h
+++ b/src/dbus/qdbusconnection_p.h
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@ public:
 
     void enableDispatchDelayed(QObject *context);
 
-    void _q_newConnection(QDBusConnectionPrivate *newConnection);
-
 private:
     void checkThread();
     bool handleError(const QDBusErrorInternal &error);
diff --git a/src/dbus/qdbusintegrator.cpp b/src/dbus/qdbusintegrator.cpp
index c8e7159b15..7f30f3be11 100644
--- a/src/dbus/qdbusintegrator.cpp
+++ b/src/dbus/qdbusintegrator.cpp
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ static void qDBusNewConnection(DBusServer *server, DBusConnection *connection, v
     newConnection->setDispatchEnabled(false);
 
     // this is a queued connection and will resume in the QDBusServer's thread
-    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(serverConnection, &QDBusConnectionPrivate::_q_newConnection,
-                              Qt::QueuedConnection, newConnection);
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(serverConnection->serverObject, &QDBusServer::newConnection,
+                              Qt::QueuedConnection, QDBusConnectionPrivate::q(newConnection));
 
     // we've disabled dispatching of events, so now we post an event to the
     // QDBusServer's thread in order to enable it after the
@@ -329,12 +329,6 @@ static void qDBusNewConnection(DBusServer *server, DBusConnection *connection, v
 
 } // extern "C"
 
-void QDBusConnectionPrivate::_q_newConnection(QDBusConnectionPrivate *newConnection)
-{
-    Q_ASSERT(mode == ServerMode);
-    emit serverObject->newConnection(QDBusConnectionPrivate::q(newConnection));
-}
-
 static QByteArray buildMatchRule(const QString &service,
                                  const QString &objectPath, const QString &interface,
                                  const QString &member, const QDBusConnectionPrivate::ArgMatchRules &argMatch, const QString & /*signature*/)