diff --git a/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp b/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
index 873c133232..04233df1fe 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
@@ -947,9 +947,6 @@ static void writeAdaptor(const QString &filename, const QDBusIntrospection::Inte
             }
 
             hs << "    ";
-            if (method.annotations.value("org.freedesktop.DBus.Deprecated"_L1) == "true"_L1)
-                hs << "Q_DECL_DEPRECATED ";
-
             QByteArray returnType;
             if (isNoReply) {
                 hs << "Q_NOREPLY void ";
@@ -1043,11 +1040,7 @@ static void writeAdaptor(const QString &filename, const QDBusIntrospection::Inte
 
         hs << "Q_SIGNALS: // SIGNALS" << Qt::endl;
         for (const QDBusIntrospection::Signal &signal : interface->signals_) {
-            hs << "    ";
-            if (signal.annotations.value("org.freedesktop.DBus.Deprecated"_L1) == "true"_L1)
-                hs << "Q_DECL_DEPRECATED ";
-
-            hs << "void " << signal.name << "(";
+            hs << "    void " << signal.name << "(";
 
             QStringList argNames = makeArgNames(signal.outputArgs);
             writeSignalArgList(hs, argNames, signal.annotations, signal.outputArgs);
diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp b/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
index 1dde91311a..cb07181c82 100644
--- a/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void tst_qdbusxml2cpp::process_data()
                "</method>"
             << QRegularExpression("Q_SLOTS:.*Q_DECL_DEPRECATED inline QDBusPendingReply<> Method\\(\\)",
                                   QRegularExpression::DotMatchesEverythingOption)
-            << QRegularExpression("Q_SLOTS:.*void Method\\(\\)",
+            << QRegularExpression("Q_SLOTS:.*\n\\s*void Method\\(\\)",  // no Q_DECL_DEPRECATED
                                   QRegularExpression::DotMatchesEverythingOption);
 
     QTest::newRow("method-deprecated-2out")
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ void tst_qdbusxml2cpp::process_data()
             << QRegularExpression("Q_SLOTS:.*Q_DECL_DEPRECATED inline QDBusPendingReply<QString, QString> Method\\(\\)"
                                   ".*Q_DECL_DEPRECATED inline QDBusReply<QString> Method\\(QString &\\w*\\)",
                                   QRegularExpression::DotMatchesEverythingOption)
-            << QRegularExpression("Q_SLOTS:.*QString Method\\(QString &",
+            << QRegularExpression("Q_SLOTS:.*\n\\s*QString Method\\(QString &", // no Q_DECL_DEPRECATED
                                   QRegularExpression::DotMatchesEverythingOption);
 
     QTest::newRow("method-noreply")
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ void tst_qdbusxml2cpp::process_data()
                   </signal>)"
             << QRegularExpression(R"(Q_SIGNALS:.*\bQ_DECL_DEPRECATED void Signal\(\))",
                                   QRegularExpression::DotMatchesEverythingOption)
-            << QRegularExpression(R"(Q_SIGNALS:.*\bvoid Signal\(\))",
+            << QRegularExpression(R"(Q_SIGNALS:.*\n\s*void Signal\(\))",    // no Q_DECL_DEPRECATED
                                   QRegularExpression::DotMatchesEverythingOption);
 }