diff --git a/src/corelib/configure.cmake b/src/corelib/configure.cmake
index 9da9c332f8..b900bba828 100644
--- a/src/corelib/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/configure.cmake
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ qt_feature("system-doubleconversion" PRIVATE
 )
 qt_feature("cxx11_future" PUBLIC
     LABEL "C++11 <future>"
-    CONDITION ON
+    CONDITION NOT VXWORKS
 )
 qt_feature("cxx17_filesystem" PUBLIC
     LABEL "C++17 <filesystem>"
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qpromise/tst_qpromise.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qpromise/tst_qpromise.cpp
index bbac6e200e..2068915896 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qpromise/tst_qpromise.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qpromise/tst_qpromise.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ do { \
         QFAIL("Test case " #test "(" #__VA_ARGS__ ") failed"); \
 } while (false)
 
+#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
 // std::thread-like wrapper that ensures that the thread is joined at the end of
 // a scope to prevent potential std::terminate
 struct ThreadWrapper
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ struct ThreadWrapper
         t->wait();
     }
 };
+#endif
 
 void tst_QPromise::promise()
 {
@@ -342,6 +344,7 @@ void tst_QPromise::progress()
 
 void tst_QPromise::addInThread()
 {
+#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     const auto testAddResult = [] (auto promise, const auto &result) {
         promise.start();
         auto f = promise.future();
@@ -357,10 +360,12 @@ void tst_QPromise::addInThread()
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testAddResult, QPromise<int>(), 42);
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testAddResult, QPromise<QString>(), u8"42");
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testAddResult, QPromise<CopyOnlyType>(), CopyOnlyType{99});
+#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QPromise::addInThreadMoveOnlyObject()
 {
+#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     QPromise<MoveOnlyType> promise;
     promise.start();
     auto f = promise.future();
@@ -372,10 +377,12 @@ void tst_QPromise::addInThreadMoveOnlyObject()
     // Iterators wait for result first
     for (auto& result : f)
         QCOMPARE(result, MoveOnlyType{-11});
+#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QPromise::reportFromMultipleThreads()
 {
+#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     QPromise<int> promise;
     auto f = promise.future();
     promise.start();
@@ -394,10 +401,12 @@ void tst_QPromise::reportFromMultipleThreads()
         QVERIFY(std::find(expected.begin(), expected.end(), actual) != expected.end());
         expected.removeOne(actual);
     }
+#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QPromise::reportFromMultipleThreadsByMovedPromise()
 {
+#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     QPromise<int> initialPromise;
     auto f = initialPromise.future();
     {
@@ -424,10 +433,12 @@ void tst_QPromise::reportFromMultipleThreadsByMovedPromise()
         QVERIFY(std::find(expected.begin(), expected.end(), actual) != expected.end());
         expected.removeOne(actual);
     }
+#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QPromise::doNotCancelWhenFinished()
 {
+#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     const auto testFinishedPromise = [] (auto promise) {
         auto f = promise.future();
         promise.start();
@@ -446,11 +457,13 @@ void tst_QPromise::doNotCancelWhenFinished()
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testFinishedPromise, QPromise<QString>());
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testFinishedPromise, QPromise<CopyOnlyType>());
     RUN_TEST_FUNC(testFinishedPromise, QPromise<MoveOnlyType>());
+#endif
 }
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
 void tst_QPromise::cancelWhenDestroyed()
 {
+#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     QPromise<int> initialPromise;
     auto f = initialPromise.future();
 
@@ -478,11 +491,13 @@ void tst_QPromise::cancelWhenDestroyed()
         QVERIFY(std::find(expected.begin(), expected.end(), actual) != expected.end());
         expected.removeOne(actual);
     }
+#endif
 }
 #endif
 
 void tst_QPromise::cancelWhenReassigned()
 {
+#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     QPromise<int> promise;
     auto f = promise.future();
     promise.start();
@@ -496,6 +511,7 @@ void tst_QPromise::cancelWhenReassigned()
 
     QCOMPARE(f.isFinished(), true);
     QCOMPARE(f.isCanceled(), true);
+#endif
 }
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -614,6 +630,7 @@ void tst_QPromise::continuationsRunWhenFinished()
 
 void tst_QPromise::finishWhenSwapped()
 {
+#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     QPromise<int> promise1;
     auto f1 = promise1.future();
     promise1.start();
@@ -648,11 +665,13 @@ void tst_QPromise::finishWhenSwapped()
 
     QCOMPARE(f2.resultAt(0), 1);
     QCOMPARE(f2.resultAt(1), 2);
+#endif
 }
 
 template <typename T>
 void testCancelWhenMoved()
 {
+#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     QPromise<T> promise1;
     auto f1 = promise1.future();
     promise1.start();
@@ -678,6 +697,7 @@ void testCancelWhenMoved()
     // Future #2 is explicitly finished inside thread
     QCOMPARE(f2.isFinished(), true);
     QCOMPARE(f2.isCanceled(), false);
+#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QPromise::cancelWhenMoved()
@@ -719,6 +739,7 @@ void tst_QPromise::waitUntilResumed()
 
 void tst_QPromise::waitUntilCanceled()
 {
+#if QT_CONFIG(cxx11_future)
     QPromise<int> promise;
     promise.start();
     auto f = promise.future();
@@ -739,6 +760,7 @@ void tst_QPromise::waitUntilCanceled()
     f.waitForFinished();
 
     QCOMPARE(f.resultCount(), 0);
+#endif
 }
 
 // Below is a quick and dirty hack to make snippets a part of a test suite