diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp
index 961ac8e64c..71c060ebdb 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp
@@ -532,13 +532,6 @@ QFontEngineData::~QFontEngineData()
     \sa Weight
 */
 
-/*!
-    \fn Qt::HANDLE QFont::handle() const
-
-    Returns the window system handle to the font, for low-level
-    access. Using this function is \e not portable.
-*/
-
 /*!
     \fn FT_Face QFont::freetypeFace() const
 
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfont.h b/src/gui/text/qfont.h
index 45186cecc6..5e2fd5227b 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfont.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfont.h
@@ -241,8 +241,6 @@ public:
     { qSwap(d, other.d); qSwap(resolve_mask, other.resolve_mask);  return *this; }
 #endif
 
-    Qt::HANDLE handle() const;
-
     // needed for X11
     void setRawName(const QString &);
     QString rawName() const;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfont_qpa.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfont_qpa.cpp
index 8422409cb3..29e783b741 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfont_qpa.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfont_qpa.cpp
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ void QFont::cleanup()
   QFont member functions
  *****************************************************************************/
 
-Qt::HANDLE QFont::handle() const
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 QString QFont::rawName() const
 {
     return QLatin1String("unknown");