diff --git a/src/corelib/codecs/qiconvcodec.cpp b/src/corelib/codecs/qiconvcodec.cpp
index 8961d01eee..e4fb359f2c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/codecs/qiconvcodec.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/codecs/qiconvcodec.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ QT_REQUIRE_CONFIG(iconv);
 #elif defined(Q_OS_AIX)
 #  define NO_BOM
 #  define UTF16 "UCS-2"
-#elif defined(Q_OS_FREEBSD) || defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+#elif defined(Q_OS_FREEBSD)
 #  define NO_BOM
 #  if Q_BYTE_ORDER == Q_BIG_ENDIAN
 #    define UTF16 "UTF-16BE"
@@ -75,19 +75,6 @@ QT_REQUIRE_CONFIG(iconv);
 #  define UTF16 "UTF-16"
 #endif
 
-#if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-#ifndef GNU_LIBICONV
-#define GNU_LIBICONV
-#endif
-typedef iconv_t (*Ptr_iconv_open) (const char*, const char*);
-typedef size_t (*Ptr_iconv) (iconv_t, const char **, size_t *, char **, size_t *);
-typedef int (*Ptr_iconv_close) (iconv_t);
-
-static Ptr_iconv_open ptr_iconv_open = 0;
-static Ptr_iconv ptr_iconv = 0;
-static Ptr_iconv_close ptr_iconv_close = 0;
-#endif
-
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 QIconvCodec::QIconvCodec()
@@ -105,33 +92,6 @@ void QIconvCodec::init() const
         fprintf(stderr, "QIconvCodec::convertToUnicode: internal error, UTF-16 codec not found\n");
         utf16Codec = reinterpret_cast<QTextCodec *>(~0);
     }
-#if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-    if (ptr_iconv_open == 0) {
-        QLibrary libiconv(QLatin1String("/usr/lib/libiconv"));
-        libiconv.setLoadHints(QLibrary::ExportExternalSymbolsHint);
-
-        ptr_iconv_open = reinterpret_cast<Ptr_iconv_open>(libiconv.resolve("libiconv_open"));
-        if (!ptr_iconv_open)
-            ptr_iconv_open = reinterpret_cast<Ptr_iconv_open>(libiconv.resolve("iconv_open"));
-        ptr_iconv = reinterpret_cast<Ptr_iconv>(libiconv.resolve("libiconv"));
-        if (!ptr_iconv)
-            ptr_iconv = reinterpret_cast<Ptr_iconv>(libiconv.resolve("iconv"));
-        ptr_iconv_close = reinterpret_cast<Ptr_iconv_close>(libiconv.resolve("libiconv_close"));
-        if (!ptr_iconv_close)
-            ptr_iconv_close = reinterpret_cast<Ptr_iconv_close>(libiconv.resolve("iconv_close"));
-
-        Q_ASSERT_X(ptr_iconv_open && ptr_iconv && ptr_iconv_close,
-        "QIconvCodec::QIconvCodec()",
-        "internal error, could not resolve the iconv functions");
-
-#       undef iconv_open
-#       define iconv_open ptr_iconv_open
-#       undef iconv
-#       define iconv ptr_iconv
-#       undef iconv_close
-#       define iconv_close ptr_iconv_close
-    }
-#endif
 }
 
 QIconvCodec::~QIconvCodec()
diff --git a/src/corelib/codecs/qiconvcodec_p.h b/src/corelib/codecs/qiconvcodec_p.h
index d99e72f635..9b8500538b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/codecs/qiconvcodec_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/codecs/qiconvcodec_p.h
@@ -56,11 +56,7 @@
 
 QT_REQUIRE_CONFIG(iconv);
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
-typedef void * iconv_t;
-#else
 #include <iconv.h>
-#endif
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE