diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qitemdelegate.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qitemdelegate.cpp
index f5700746b8..2972202406 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qitemdelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qitemdelegate.cpp
@@ -418,14 +418,7 @@ void QItemDelegate::paint(QPainter *painter,
     Q_D(const QItemDelegate);
     Q_ASSERT(index.isValid());
 
-    QStyleOptionViewItemV4 opt = setOptions(index, option);
-
-    const QStyleOptionViewItemV2 *v2 = qstyleoption_cast<const QStyleOptionViewItemV2 *>(&option);
-    opt.features = v2 ? v2->features
-                    : QStyleOptionViewItemV2::ViewItemFeatures(QStyleOptionViewItemV2::None);
-    const QStyleOptionViewItemV3 *v3 = qstyleoption_cast<const QStyleOptionViewItemV3 *>(&option);
-    opt.locale = v3 ? v3->locale : QLocale();
-    opt.widget = v3 ? v3->widget : 0;
+    QStyleOptionViewItem opt = setOptions(index, option);
 
     // prepare
     painter->save();