diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp
index f6711ef932..dacb7c14ab 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <qtexttable.h>
 #include <qabstracttextdocumentlayout.h>
 #include <qtextlist.h>
-#include <qtextcodec.h>
 #include <qguiapplication.h>
 #include <qurl.h>
 #include <qpainter.h>
@@ -111,8 +110,6 @@ private slots:
 
     void textFrameIterator();
 
-    void codecForHtml();
-
     void markContentsDirty();
 
     void clonePreservesMetaInformation();
@@ -2115,14 +2112,6 @@ void tst_QTextDocument::textFrameIterator()
     QCOMPARE(frameCount, 1);
 }
 
-void tst_QTextDocument::codecForHtml()
-{
-    const QByteArray header("<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"Content-Type\" CONTENT=\"text/html;charset=utf-16\">");
-    QTextCodec *c = Qt::codecForHtml(header);
-    QVERIFY(c);
-    QCOMPARE(c->name(), QByteArray("UTF-16"));
-}
-
 class TestSyntaxHighlighter : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT