diff --git a/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qsslcontext_openssl.cpp b/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qsslcontext_openssl.cpp
index 98ed17acf8..ee69f5aa44 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qsslcontext_openssl.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qsslcontext_openssl.cpp
@@ -172,13 +172,6 @@ QSslContext::~QSslContext()
         q_SSL_SESSION_free(session);
 }
 
-QSslContext* QSslContext::fromConfiguration(QSslSocket::SslMode mode, const QSslConfiguration &configuration, bool allowRootCertOnDemandLoading)
-{
-    QSslContext *sslContext = new QSslContext();
-    initSslContext(sslContext, mode, configuration, allowRootCertOnDemandLoading);
-    return sslContext;
-}
-
 QSharedPointer<QSslContext> QSslContext::sharedFromConfiguration(QSslSocket::SslMode mode, const QSslConfiguration &configuration, bool allowRootCertOnDemandLoading)
 {
     QSharedPointer<QSslContext> sslContext = QSharedPointer<QSslContext>::create();
diff --git a/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qsslcontext_openssl_p.h b/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qsslcontext_openssl_p.h
index c350a93f5e..398ab9bb57 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qsslcontext_openssl_p.h
+++ b/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qsslcontext_openssl_p.h
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ public:
 
     ~QSslContext();
 
-    static QSslContext* fromConfiguration(QSslSocket::SslMode mode, const QSslConfiguration &configuration,
-                                          bool allowRootCertOnDemandLoading);
     static QSharedPointer<QSslContext> sharedFromConfiguration(QSslSocket::SslMode mode, const QSslConfiguration &configuration,
                                                                bool allowRootCertOnDemandLoading);
     static QSharedPointer<QSslContext> sharedFromPrivateConfiguration(QSslSocket::SslMode mode, QSslConfigurationPrivate *privConfiguration,
diff --git a/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qx509_openssl.cpp b/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qx509_openssl.cpp
index bf52c9345c..e9b1450d54 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qx509_openssl.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/tls/openssl/qx509_openssl.cpp
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ QList<QSslError> X509CertificateOpenSSL::verify(const QList<QSslCertificate> &ca
         // certificate will be searched. Make sure to not have expired
         // certificates mixed with valid ones.
         //
-        // See also: QSslContext::fromConfiguration()
+        // See also: QSslContext::sharedFromConfiguration()
         if (caCertificate.expiryDate() >= now) {
             q_X509_STORE_add_cert(certStore, reinterpret_cast<X509 *>(caCertificate.handle()));
         }