diff --git a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index a8e4d12718..6460b2e39a 100644
--- a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
-# Generated from gui.pro.
-
-#####################################################################
-## Gui Module:
-#####################################################################
-
-# special case begin
 qt_find_package(X11_XCB)
 qt_find_package(WrapHarfbuzz PROVIDED_TARGETS WrapHarfbuzz::WrapHarfbuzz)
 qt_find_package(WrapPNG PROVIDED_TARGETS WrapPNG::WrapPNG)
@@ -51,13 +44,11 @@ if(QT_FEATURE_opengl)
     list(APPEND qmake_module_config opengl)
 endif()
 
-# special case end
-
 qt_internal_add_module(Gui
     PLUGIN_TYPES accessiblebridge platforms platforms/darwin xcbglintegrations platformthemes platforminputcontexts generic iconengines imageformats egldeviceintegrations
-    FEATURE_DEPENDENCIES  # special case:
-        Qt::Network # special case:
-    QMAKE_MODULE_CONFIG "${qmake_module_config}" # special case
+    FEATURE_DEPENDENCIES
+        Qt::Network
+    QMAKE_MODULE_CONFIG "${qmake_module_config}"
     SOURCES
         accessible/qaccessible.h
         accessible/qplatformaccessibility.h
@@ -269,7 +260,7 @@ qt_internal_add_module(Gui
     DEFINES
         QT_NO_FOREACH
         QT_NO_USING_NAMESPACE
-        QT_QPA_DEFAULT_PLATFORM_NAME="${QT_QPA_DEFAULT_PLATFORM}" # special case
+        QT_QPA_DEFAULT_PLATFORM_NAME="${QT_QPA_DEFAULT_PLATFORM}"
     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
         ../3rdparty/VulkanMemoryAllocator
     LIBRARIES
@@ -278,8 +269,8 @@ qt_internal_add_module(Gui
         Qt::Core
     PRIVATE_MODULE_INTERFACE
         Qt::CorePrivate
-    NO_PCH_SOURCES # special case
-        "painting/qdrawhelper.cpp" # special case
+    NO_PCH_SOURCES
+        "painting/qdrawhelper.cpp"
     PRECOMPILED_HEADER
         "kernel/qt_gui_pch.h"
     GENERATE_CPP_EXPORTS
@@ -318,21 +309,11 @@ if(QT_FEATURE_reduce_relocations AND UNIX AND GCC)
                         "LINKER:--dynamic-list=${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/QtGui.dynlist")
 endif()
 
-# special case begin
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_standarditemmodel
     SOURCES
         itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel.cpp itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel.h itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel_p.h
 )
-# special case end
 
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 1:.:.:gui.pro:<TRUE>:
-# QMAKE_LIBS = "$$QMAKE_LIBS_GUI"
-
-## Scopes:
-#####################################################################
-
-# special case begin
 # With qmake, gui's opengl.pri used CONFIG += opengl, where opengl.prf
 # used direct public linkage against either libGLESv2 or libGL, depending
 # on the opengl _feature_. This is done by hand now here (where the
@@ -355,7 +336,6 @@ if(QT_FEATURE_opengl)
         target_link_libraries(Gui PUBLIC WrapOpenGL::WrapOpenGL)
     endif()
 endif()
-# special case end
 
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_opengl
     SOURCES
@@ -370,9 +350,6 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_opengl
         rhi/qrhigles2_p_p.h
 )
 
-#### Keys ignored in scope 2:.:.:gui.pro:QT_FEATURE_opengl:
-# MODULE_CONFIG = "opengl"
-
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION MACOS
     SOURCES
         platform/macos/qcocoanativeinterface.mm
@@ -436,61 +413,19 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION WIN32
         dcomp
 )
 
-#### Keys ignored in scope 7:.:.:gui.pro:WIN32:
-# CMAKE_WINDOWS_BUILD = "True"
-
-# special case begin
 if(QT_FEATURE_egl)
     qt_find_package(EGL)
 endif()
-# special case end
 
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_egl
     SOURCES
         opengl/platform/egl/qeglconvenience.cpp opengl/platform/egl/qeglconvenience_p.h
         opengl/platform/egl/qeglstreamconvenience.cpp opengl/platform/egl/qeglstreamconvenience_p.h
         opengl/platform/egl/qt_egl_p.h
-# special case begin
     LIBRARIES
-        EGL::EGL # special case
-# special case end
+        EGL::EGL
 )
 
-#### Keys ignored in scope 8:.:.:gui.pro:QT_FEATURE_egl:
-# CMAKE_EGL_LIBS = "$$cmakeProcessLibs($$QMAKE_LIBS_EGL)"
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 9:.:.:gui.pro:NOT QMAKE_LIBDIR_EGL_ISEMPTY:
-# CMAKE_EGL_LIBDIR = "$$cmakeTargetPath($$QMAKE_LIBDIR_EGL)"
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 10:.:.:gui.pro:QT_FEATURE_opengles2:
-# CMAKE_GL_HEADER_NAME = "GLES2/gl2.h"
-# CMAKE_OPENGL_INCDIRS = "$$cmakePortablePaths($$QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL_ES2)"
-# CMAKE_OPENGL_LIBS = "$$cmakeProcessLibs($$QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES2)"
-# CMAKE_QT_OPENGL_IMPLEMENTATION = "GLESv2"
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 11:.:.:gui.pro:NOT QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL_ES2_ISEMPTY:
-# CMAKE_GL_INCDIRS = "$$cmakeTargetPaths($$QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL_ES2)"
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 12:.:.:gui.pro:NOT QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL_ES2_ISEMPTY:
-# CMAKE_OPENGL_LIBDIR = "$$cmakePortablePaths($$QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL_ES2)"
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 14:.:.:gui.pro:QT_FEATURE_opengl:
-# CMAKE_GL_HEADER_NAME = "GL/gl.h"
-# CMAKE_OPENGL_INCDIRS = "$$cmakePortablePaths($$QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL)"
-# CMAKE_QT_OPENGL_IMPLEMENTATION = "GL"
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 15:.:.:gui.pro:NOT QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL_ISEMPTY:
-# CMAKE_GL_INCDIRS = "$$cmakeTargetPaths($$QMAKE_INCDIR_OPENGL)"
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 16:.:.:gui.pro:NOT QT_FEATURE_dynamicgl:
-# CMAKE_OPENGL_LIBS = "$$cmakeProcessLibs($$QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL)"
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 17:.:.:gui.pro:NOT QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL_ISEMPTY:
-# CMAKE_OPENGL_LIBDIR = "$$cmakePortablePaths($$QMAKE_LIBDIR_OPENGL)"
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 18:.:.:gui.pro:APPLE:
-# CMAKE_GL_HEADER_NAME = "gl.h"
-
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_accessibility
     SOURCES
         accessible/qaccessible.cpp accessible/qaccessible_base.h
@@ -539,7 +474,6 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION atspi_accessibility
         accessible/linux/qspiaccessiblebridge.cpp accessible/linux/qspiaccessiblebridge_p.h
         accessible/linux/qspiapplicationadaptor.cpp accessible/linux/qspiapplicationadaptor_p.h
         accessible/linux/qspidbuscache.cpp accessible/linux/qspidbuscache_p.h
-# special case begin
     DBUS_ADAPTOR_SOURCES
         accessible/linux/dbusxml/Cache.xml
         accessible/linux/dbusxml/DeviceEventController.xml
@@ -550,7 +484,6 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION atspi_accessibility
         accessible/linux/dbusxml/Socket.xml
     DBUS_INTERFACE_FLAGS
         "-i" "QtGui/private/qspi_struct_marshallers_p.h"
-# special case end
 )
 
 if(atspi_accessibility)
@@ -591,9 +524,6 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_png
         WrapPNG::WrapPNG
 )
 
-#### Keys ignored in scope 40:.:image:image/image.pri:WIN32 AND MINGW:
-# GCC_VERSION = "$${QMAKE_GCC_MAJOR_VERSION}.$${QMAKE_GCC_MINOR_VERSION}.$${QMAKE_GCC_PATCH_VERSION}"
-
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION ((QT_FEATURE_png) AND (WIN32 AND MINGW)) AND (GCC_VERSION___equals___8.1.0)
     COMPILE_OPTIONS
         -fno-reorder-blocks-and-partition
@@ -658,7 +588,7 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION ANDROID
         platform/android/qandroidnativeinterface.cpp
 )
 
-qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION ANDROID AND (TEST_architecture_arch STREQUAL arm64 OR TEST_architecture_arch STREQUAL arm) # special case
+qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION ANDROID AND (TEST_architecture_arch STREQUAL arm64 OR TEST_architecture_arch STREQUAL arm)
     SOURCES
         image/qimage_neon.cpp
         painting/qdrawhelper_neon.cpp painting/qdrawhelper_neon_p.h
@@ -676,14 +606,12 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION ANDROID AND (TEST_architecture_arch STRE
         QT_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_SSSE3 QT_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_SSSE3
 )
 
-# special case begin
 if (MINGW AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 8.1.0)
   # https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=86048
   set_source_files_properties(image/qpnghandler.cpp
     PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS -fno-reorder-blocks-and-partition
   )
 endif()
-# special case end
 
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_harfbuzz
     SOURCES
@@ -692,15 +620,10 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_harfbuzz
         WrapHarfbuzz::WrapHarfbuzz
 )
 
-# special case begin
-# Replicate what src/3rdparty/harfbuzz-ng/harfbuzz-ng.pro does, which is link CoreText
-# when targeting uikit.
-
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_harfbuzz AND UIKIT
     LIBRARIES
         ${FWCoreText}
 )
-# special case end
 
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_textodfwriter
     SOURCES
@@ -789,12 +712,12 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_direct2d AND QT_FEATURE_direc
     SOURCES
         text/windows/qwindowsdirectwritefontdatabase.cpp text/windows/qwindowsdirectwritefontdatabase_p.h
     LIBRARIES
-        dwrite # special case
+        dwrite
 )
 
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_direct2d AND QT_FEATURE_directwrite AND WIN32 AND NOT QT_FEATURE_directwrite3
     LIBRARIES
-        dwrite # special case
+        dwrite
 )
 
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION MINGW AND WIN32
@@ -903,8 +826,6 @@ if(QT_FEATURE_vulkan)
         Gui WrapVulkanHeaders::WrapVulkanHeaders)
 endif()
 
-#### Keys ignored in scope 111:.:vulkan:vulkan/vulkan.pri:QT_FEATURE_vkgen:
-# special case begin
 # We must always generate syncqt-injected header files,
 # because we added a custom command earlier for those for framework builds.
 set(vulkan_fun "qvulkanfunctions.h")
@@ -955,29 +876,6 @@ add_custom_command(
     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
     VERBATIM
 )
-# special case end
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 68:.:vulkan:vulkan/vulkan.pri:QT_FEATURE_vkgen:
-# QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS = "qvkgen_h" "qvkgen_ph" "qvkgen_pimpl"
-# QMAKE_QVKGEN_INPUT = "vulkan/vk.xml"
-# QMAKE_QVKGEN_LICENSE_HEADER = "$$QT_SOURCE_TREE/header.LGPL"
-# qvkgen_h.commands = "$$QMAKE_QVKGEN" "${QMAKE_FILE_IN}" "$$shell_quote($$QMAKE_QVKGEN_LICENSE_HEADER)" "${QMAKE_FILE_OUT_PATH}/${QMAKE_FILE_OUT_BASE}"
-# qvkgen_h.input = "QMAKE_QVKGEN_INPUT"
-# qvkgen_h.output = "$$OUT_PWD/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions.h"
-# qvkgen_ph.commands = "$$escape_expand(\\n)"
-# qvkgen_ph.depends = "$$OUT_PWD/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions.h"
-# qvkgen_ph.input = "QMAKE_QVKGEN_INPUT"
-# qvkgen_ph.output = "$$OUT_PWD/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions_p.h"
-# qvkgen_pimpl.commands = "$$escape_expand(\\n)"
-# qvkgen_pimpl.depends = "$$OUT_PWD/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions_p.h"
-# qvkgen_pimpl.input = "QMAKE_QVKGEN_INPUT"
-# qvkgen_pimpl.output = "$$OUT_PWD/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions_p.cpp"
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 112:.:vulkan:vulkan/vulkan.pri:QT_FEATURE_vulkan:
-# qvkgen_h.variable_out = "HEADERS"
-
-#### Keys ignored in scope 113:.:vulkan:vulkan/vulkan.pri:else:
-# qvkgen_h.CONFIG = "target_predeps" "no_link"
 
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION WASM
     SOURCES
@@ -1044,10 +942,8 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION QT_FEATURE_xkbcommon AND UNIX
         platform/unix/qxkbcommon_3rdparty.cpp
     LIBRARIES
         XKB::XKB
-# special case begin
     PRIVATE_MODULE_INTERFACE
         XKB::XKB
-# special case end
 )
 
 qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION IOS OR MACOS
@@ -1058,7 +954,7 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Gui CONDITION IOS OR MACOS
         ${FWMetal}
 )
 
-qt_internal_extend_target(Gui # special case CONDITION NOT GCC OR NOT QT_COMPILER_VERSION_MAJOR STREQUAL 5 # source subtraction gone wrong
+qt_internal_extend_target(Gui
     SOURCES
         painting/qdrawhelper.cpp painting/qdrawhelper_neon_p.h
     NO_PCH_SOURCES
@@ -1077,6 +973,4 @@ qt_internal_add_docs(Gui
     doc/qtgui.qdocconf
 )
 
-# special case begin
 qt_internal_add_optimize_full_flags()
-# special case end