diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
index b343a28e2f..3a1433ec39 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
@@ -1603,87 +1603,6 @@ inline void QUrlPrivate::validate() const
         }
     }
 }
-
-inline const QByteArray &QUrlPrivate::normalized() const
-{
-    if (QURL_HASFLAG(stateFlags, QUrlPrivate::Normalized))
-        return encodedNormalized;
-
-    QUrlPrivate *that = const_cast<QUrlPrivate *>(this);
-    QURL_SETFLAG(that->stateFlags, QUrlPrivate::Normalized);
-
-    QUrlPrivate tmp = *this;
-    tmp.scheme = tmp.scheme.toLower();
-    tmp.host = tmp.canonicalHost();
-
-    // ensure the encoded and normalized parts of the URL
-    tmp.ensureEncodedParts();
-    if (tmp.encodedUserName.contains('%'))
-        q_normalizePercentEncoding(&tmp.encodedUserName, userNameExcludeChars);
-    if (tmp.encodedPassword.contains('%'))
-        q_normalizePercentEncoding(&tmp.encodedPassword, passwordExcludeChars);
-    if (tmp.encodedFragment.contains('%'))
-        q_normalizePercentEncoding(&tmp.encodedFragment, fragmentExcludeChars);
-
-    if (tmp.encodedPath.contains('%')) {
-        // the path is a bit special:
-        // the slashes shouldn't be encoded or decoded.
-        // They should remain exactly like they are right now
-        //
-        // treat the path as a slash-separated sequence of pchar
-        QByteArray result;
-        result.reserve(tmp.encodedPath.length());
-        if (tmp.encodedPath.startsWith('/'))
-            result.append('/');
-
-        const char *data = tmp.encodedPath.constData();
-        int lastSlash = 0;
-        int nextSlash;
-        do {
-            ++lastSlash;
-            nextSlash = tmp.encodedPath.indexOf('/', lastSlash);
-            int len;
-            if (nextSlash == -1)
-                len = tmp.encodedPath.length() - lastSlash;
-            else
-                len = nextSlash - lastSlash;
-
-            if (memchr(data + lastSlash, '%', len)) {
-                // there's at least one percent before the next slash
-                QByteArray block = QByteArray(data + lastSlash, len);
-                q_normalizePercentEncoding(&block, pathExcludeChars);
-                result.append(block);
-            } else {
-                // no percents in this path segment, append wholesale
-                result.append(data + lastSlash, len);
-            }
-
-            // append the slash too, if it's there
-            if (nextSlash != -1)
-                result.append('/');
-
-            lastSlash = nextSlash;
-        } while (lastSlash != -1);
-
-        tmp.encodedPath = result;
-    }
-
-    if (!tmp.scheme.isEmpty()) // relative test
-        removeDotsFromPath(&tmp.encodedPath);
-
-    int qLen = tmp.query.length();
-    for (int i = 0; i < qLen; i++) {
-        if (qLen - i > 2 && tmp.query.at(i) == '%') {
-            ++i;
-            tmp.query[i] = qToLower(tmp.query.at(i));
-            ++i;
-            tmp.query[i] = qToLower(tmp.query.at(i));
-        }
-    }
-    encodedNormalized = tmp.toEncoded();
-
-    return encodedNormalized;
-}
 #endif
 
 /*!