diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion.cpp
index 8c4a393742..2255b08f68 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion.cpp
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ QOperatingSystemVersion QOperatingSystemVersion::current()
     return QOperatingSystemVersionBase::current();
 }
 
+QOperatingSystemVersionBase QOperatingSystemVersionBase::current()
+{
+    static const QOperatingSystemVersionBase v = current_impl();
+    return v;
+}
+
 #if !defined(Q_OS_DARWIN) && !defined(Q_OS_WIN)
 QOperatingSystemVersionBase QOperatingSystemVersionBase::current_impl()
 {
@@ -228,12 +234,6 @@ QOperatingSystemVersionBase QOperatingSystemVersionBase::current_impl()
 #endif
     return version;
 }
-
-QOperatingSystemVersionBase QOperatingSystemVersionBase::current()
-{
-    static const QOperatingSystemVersionBase v = current_impl();
-    return v;
-}
 #endif
 
 static inline int compareVersionComponents(int lhs, int rhs)
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion_darwin.mm b/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion_darwin.mm
index 1666b4e9cf..82de319d49 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion_darwin.mm
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion_darwin.mm
@@ -53,10 +53,4 @@ QOperatingSystemVersionBase QOperatingSystemVersionBase::current_impl()
     return v;
 }
 
-QOperatingSystemVersionBase QOperatingSystemVersionBase::current()
-{
-    static const QOperatingSystemVersionBase v = current_impl();
-    return v;
-}
-
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion_win.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion_win.cpp
index bcb015af39..51f283072a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qoperatingsystemversion_win.cpp
@@ -113,17 +113,14 @@ OSVERSIONINFOEX qWindowsVersionInfo()
     return realResult;
 }
 
-QOperatingSystemVersionBase QOperatingSystemVersionBase::current()
+QOperatingSystemVersionBase QOperatingSystemVersionBase::current_impl()
 {
-    static QOperatingSystemVersionBase v = [](){
-        QOperatingSystemVersionBase v;
-        v.m_os = currentType();
-        const OSVERSIONINFOEX osv = qWindowsVersionInfo();
-        v.m_major = osv.dwMajorVersion;
-        v.m_minor = osv.dwMinorVersion;
-        v.m_micro = osv.dwBuildNumber;
-        return v;
-    }();
+    QOperatingSystemVersionBase v;
+    v.m_os = currentType();
+    const OSVERSIONINFOEX osv = qWindowsVersionInfo();
+    v.m_major = osv.dwMajorVersion;
+    v.m_minor = osv.dwMinorVersion;
+    v.m_micro = osv.dwBuildNumber;
     return v;
 }