diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qendian_p.h b/src/corelib/global/qendian_p.h
index 9e31f7940a..8d96eba60c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qendian_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qendian_p.h
@@ -20,81 +20,6 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-// Note if using multiple of these bitfields in a union; the underlying storage type must
-// match. Since we always use an unsigned storage type, unsigned and signed versions may
-// be used together, but different bit-widths may not.
-template<class S, int pos, int width>
-class QSpecialIntegerBitfield
-{
-protected:
-    typedef typename S::StorageType T;
-    typedef typename std::make_unsigned<T>::type UT;
-
-    static constexpr UT mask()
-    {
-        return ((UT(1) << width) - 1) << pos;
-    }
-public:
-    // FIXME: val is public until qtdeclarative is fixed to not access it directly.
-    UT val;
-
-    QSpecialIntegerBitfield &operator=(T t)
-    {
-        UT i = S::fromSpecial(val);
-        i &= ~mask();
-        i |= (UT(t) << pos) & mask();
-        val = S::toSpecial(i);
-        return *this;
-    }
-    operator T() const
-    {
-        if (std::is_signed<T>::value) {
-            UT i = S::fromSpecial(val);
-            i <<= (sizeof(T) * 8) - width - pos;
-            T t = T(i);
-            t >>= (sizeof(T) * 8) - width;
-            return t;
-        }
-        return (S::fromSpecial(val) & mask()) >> pos;
-    }
-
-    bool operator!() const { return !(val & S::toSpecial(mask())); }
-    bool operator==(QSpecialIntegerBitfield<S, pos, width> i) const
-    {
-        return ((val ^ i.val) & S::toSpecial(mask())) == 0;
-    }
-    bool operator!=(QSpecialIntegerBitfield<S, pos, width> i) const
-    {
-        return ((val ^ i.val) & S::toSpecial(mask())) != 0;
-    }
-
-    QSpecialIntegerBitfield &operator+=(T i) { return (*this = (T(*this) + i)); }
-    QSpecialIntegerBitfield &operator-=(T i) { return (*this = (T(*this) - i)); }
-    QSpecialIntegerBitfield &operator*=(T i) { return (*this = (T(*this) * i)); }
-    QSpecialIntegerBitfield &operator/=(T i) { return (*this = (T(*this) / i)); }
-    QSpecialIntegerBitfield &operator%=(T i) { return (*this = (T(*this) % i)); }
-    QSpecialIntegerBitfield &operator|=(T i) { return (*this = (T(*this) | i)); }
-    QSpecialIntegerBitfield &operator&=(T i) { return (*this = (T(*this) & i)); }
-    QSpecialIntegerBitfield &operator^=(T i) { return (*this = (T(*this) ^ i)); }
-    QSpecialIntegerBitfield &operator>>=(T i) { return (*this = (T(*this) >> i)); }
-    QSpecialIntegerBitfield &operator<<=(T i) { return (*this = (T(*this) << i)); }
-};
-
-template<typename T, int pos, int width>
-using QLEIntegerBitfield = QSpecialIntegerBitfield<QLittleEndianStorageType<T>, pos, width>;
-
-template<typename T, int pos, int width>
-using QBEIntegerBitfield = QSpecialIntegerBitfield<QBigEndianStorageType<T>, pos, width>;
-
-template<int pos, int width>
-using qint32_le_bitfield = QLEIntegerBitfield<int, pos, width>;
-template<int pos, int width>
-using quint32_le_bitfield = QLEIntegerBitfield<uint, pos, width>;
-template<int pos, int width>
-using qint32_be_bitfield = QBEIntegerBitfield<int, pos, width>;
-template<int pos, int width>
-using quint32_be_bitfield = QBEIntegerBitfield<uint, pos, width>;
-
 enum class QSpecialIntegerBitfieldInitializer {};
 constexpr QSpecialIntegerBitfieldInitializer QSpecialIntegerBitfieldZero{};
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/global/qtendian/tst_qtendian.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/global/qtendian/tst_qtendian.cpp
index e688768b74..401367ecaa 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/global/qtendian/tst_qtendian.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/global/qtendian/tst_qtendian.cpp
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ private slots:
     void endianIntegers_data();
     void endianIntegers();
 
-    void endianBitfields();
-
     void endianBitfieldUnions_data();
     void endianBitfieldUnions();
 };
@@ -344,33 +342,6 @@ void tst_QtEndian::endianIntegers()
 #endif
 }
 
-void tst_QtEndian::endianBitfields()
-{
-    union {
-        quint32_be_bitfield<21, 11> upper;
-        quint32_be_bitfield<10, 11> lower;
-        qint32_be_bitfield<0, 10> bottom;
-    } u;
-
-    u.upper = 200;
-    QCOMPARE(u.upper, 200U);
-    u.lower = 1000;
-    u.bottom = -8;
-    QCOMPARE(u.lower, 1000U);
-    QCOMPARE(u.upper, 200U);
-
-    u.lower += u.upper;
-    QCOMPARE(u.upper, 200U);
-    QCOMPARE(u.lower, 1200U);
-
-    u.upper = 65536 + 7;
-    u.lower = 65535;
-    QCOMPARE(u.lower, 65535U & ((1<<11) - 1));
-    QCOMPARE(u.upper, 7U);
-
-    QCOMPARE(u.bottom, -8);
-}
-
 template<template<typename... Accessors> typename Union, template<int, int, typename> typename Member>
 void testBitfieldUnion()
 {