diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbwindow.cpp
index e4f4fd7c0f..2a45d1e7ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbwindow.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void QXcbWindow::create()
         // XCB_CW_BACK_PIXMAP
         XCB_NONE,
         // XCB_CW_OVERRIDE_REDIRECT
-        type == Qt::Popup,
+        type == Qt::Popup || type == Qt::ToolTip,
         // XCB_CW_SAVE_UNDER
         type == Qt::Popup || type == Qt::Tool || type == Qt::SplashScreen || type == Qt::ToolTip || type == Qt::Drawer,
         // XCB_CW_EVENT_MASK
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
index 6627fce3e4..83eec1e0b8 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
@@ -1446,7 +1446,6 @@ void QWidget::create(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyOldWindow)
         flags |= Qt::Window;
     }
 
-#ifndef Q_WS_QPA
     if (QWidget *parent = parentWidget()) {
         if (type & Qt::Window) {
             if (!parent->testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created))
@@ -1463,7 +1462,6 @@ void QWidget::create(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyOldWindow)
             return;
         }
     }
-#endif //Q_WS_QPA
 
 #ifdef QT3_SUPPORT
     if (flags & Qt::WStaticContents)
@@ -2495,7 +2493,6 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::createWinId(WId winid)
 #endif
     const bool forceNativeWindow = q->testAttribute(Qt::WA_NativeWindow);
     if (!q->testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created) || (forceNativeWindow && !q->internalWinId())) {
-#ifndef Q_WS_QPA
         if (!q->isWindow()) {
             QWidget *parent = q->parentWidget();
             QWidgetPrivate *pd = parent->d_func();
@@ -2523,11 +2520,6 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::createWinId(WId winid)
         } else {
             q->create();
         }
-#else
-        Q_UNUSED(winid);
-        q->create();
-#endif //Q_WS_QPA
-
     }
 }