diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate_p.h b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate_p.h
index f0b9b8edf3..bdafeb3693 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate_p.h
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ public:
     qint64 readBufferMaxSize;
     qint64 bytesEmitted;
     // From backend, modified by us for signal compression
-    QSharedPointer<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadData;
-    QSharedPointer<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadProgress;
+    std::shared_ptr<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadData;
+    std::shared_ptr<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadProgress;
 #ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
     QNetworkProxy cacheProxy;
     QNetworkProxy transparentProxy;
 #endif
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkAccessAuthenticationManager> authenticationManager;
+    std::shared_ptr<QNetworkAccessAuthenticationManager> authenticationManager;
     bool synchronous;
     qint64 connectionCacheExpiryTimeoutSeconds;
 
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h
index 3d5d7231b4..ad03cab9a2 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public:
           cookieJarCreated(false),
           defaultAccessControl(true),
           redirectPolicy(QNetworkRequest::NoLessSafeRedirectPolicy),
-          authenticationManager(QSharedPointer<QNetworkAccessAuthenticationManager>::create())
+          authenticationManager(std::make_shared<QNetworkAccessAuthenticationManager>())
     {
     }
     ~QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate();
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public:
     QNetworkRequest::RedirectPolicy redirectPolicy = QNetworkRequest::NoLessSafeRedirectPolicy;
 
     // The cache with authorization data:
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkAccessAuthenticationManager> authenticationManager;
+    std::shared_ptr<QNetworkAccessAuthenticationManager> authenticationManager;
 
     // this cache can be used by individual backends to cache e.g. their TCP connections to a server
     // and use the connections for multiple requests.
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl.cpp
index 4fc1f81c95..a7b262a32d 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl.cpp
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate()
     , downloadBufferReadPosition(0)
     , downloadBufferCurrentSize(0)
     , downloadZerocopyBuffer(nullptr)
-    , pendingDownloadDataEmissions(QSharedPointer<QAtomicInt>::create())
-    , pendingDownloadProgressEmissions(QSharedPointer<QAtomicInt>::create())
+    , pendingDownloadDataEmissions(std::make_shared<QAtomicInt>())
+    , pendingDownloadProgressEmissions(std::make_shared<QAtomicInt>())
     #ifndef QT_NO_SSL
     , pendingIgnoreAllSslErrors(false)
     #endif
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl_p.h b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl_p.h
index 8fb59cdd49..c2394488bd 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl_p.h
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ public:
     char* downloadZerocopyBuffer;
 
     // Will be increased by HTTP thread:
-    QSharedPointer<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadDataEmissions;
-    QSharedPointer<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadProgressEmissions;
+    std::shared_ptr<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadDataEmissions;
+    std::shared_ptr<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadProgressEmissions;
 
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_SSL
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplywasmimpl_p.h b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplywasmimpl_p.h
index 407890d837..83e39faddc 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplywasmimpl_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplywasmimpl_p.h
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ public:
     void _q_bufferOutgoingData();
     void _q_bufferOutgoingDataFinished();
 
-    QSharedPointer<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadData;
-    QSharedPointer<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadProgress;
+    std::shared_ptr<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadData;
+    std::shared_ptr<QAtomicInt> pendingDownloadProgress;
 
     qint64 bytesDownloaded;
     qint64 bytesBuffered;