diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qregion.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qregion.cpp
index db20d10e5a..d13389e602 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qregion.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qregion.cpp
@@ -167,16 +167,6 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     Translates to the given \a point.
 */
 
-/*!
-    \fn Handle QRegion::handle() const
-
-    Returns a platform-specific region handle. The \c Handle type is
-    \c HRGN on Windows, \c Region on X11, and \c RgnHandle on Mac OS
-    X. On \l{Qt for Embedded Linux} it is \c {void *}.
-
-    \warning This function is not portable.
-*/
-
 /*****************************************************************************
   QRegion member functions
  *****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qregion.h b/src/gui/painting/qregion.h
index aa8b21b624..1a82f33545 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qregion.h
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qregion.h
@@ -134,13 +134,6 @@ public:
     inline bool operator!=(const QRegion &r) const { return !(operator==(r)); }
     operator QVariant() const;
 
-#ifdef qdoc
-    Handle handle() const;
-#endif
-#ifndef qdoc
-    inline void *handle() const { return d->qt_rgn; }
-#endif
-
 #ifndef QT_NO_DATASTREAM
     friend Q_GUI_EXPORT QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &, const QRegion &);
     friend Q_GUI_EXPORT QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &, QRegion &);