diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qdir.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qdir.cpp
index 9b3ea2fe2c..c984f28bd0 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qdir.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qdir.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 #include "qstring.h"
 #include "qregexp.h"
 #include "qvector.h"
-#include "qalgorithms.h"
 #include "qvarlengtharray.h"
 #include "qfilesystementry_p.h"
 #include "qfilesystemmetadata_p.h"
@@ -64,6 +63,7 @@
 #  include "private/qcoreglobaldata_p.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ inline void QDirPrivate::sortFileList(QDir::SortFlags sort, QFileInfoList &l,
             QScopedArrayPointer<QDirSortItem> si(new QDirSortItem[n]);
             for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
                 si[i].item = l.at(i);
-            qSort(si.data(), si.data() + n, QDirSortItemComparator(sort));
+            std::sort(si.data(), si.data() + n, QDirSortItemComparator(sort));
             // put them back in the list(s)
             if (infos) {
                 for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)