diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaeventdispatcher.h b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaeventdispatcher.h
index 70887c41c9..2ffc1395ba 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaeventdispatcher.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaeventdispatcher.h
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ public:
     void maybeCancelWaitForMoreEvents();
     void ensureNSAppInitialized();
 
-    void removeQueuedUserInputEvents(int nsWinNumber);
-
     QCFSocketNotifier cfSocketNotifier;
     QList<void *> queuedUserInputEvents; // NSEvent *
     CFRunLoopSourceRef postedEventsSource;
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaeventdispatcher.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaeventdispatcher.mm
index cc63213904..874d3fc24b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaeventdispatcher.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaeventdispatcher.mm
@@ -889,21 +889,6 @@ void QCocoaEventDispatcherPrivate::processPostedEvents()
     }
 }
 
-void QCocoaEventDispatcherPrivate::removeQueuedUserInputEvents(int nsWinNumber)
-{
-    if (nsWinNumber) {
-        int eventIndex = queuedUserInputEvents.size();
-
-        while (--eventIndex >= 0) {
-            NSEvent * nsevent = static_cast<NSEvent *>(queuedUserInputEvents.at(eventIndex));
-            if ([nsevent windowNumber] == nsWinNumber) {
-                queuedUserInputEvents.removeAt(eventIndex);
-                [nsevent release];
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 void QCocoaEventDispatcherPrivate::firstLoopEntry(CFRunLoopObserverRef ref,
                                                 CFRunLoopActivity activity,
                                                 void *info)
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qnswindow.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qnswindow.mm
index 588a91b944..df9e7b8067 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qnswindow.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qnswindow.mm
@@ -147,15 +147,7 @@ static bool isMouseEvent(NSEvent *ev)
 
 - (void)clearWindow
 {
-    if (_window) {
-        QCocoaEventDispatcher *cocoaEventDispatcher = qobject_cast<QCocoaEventDispatcher *>(QGuiApplication::instance()->eventDispatcher());
-        if (cocoaEventDispatcher) {
-            QCocoaEventDispatcherPrivate *cocoaEventDispatcherPrivate = static_cast<QCocoaEventDispatcherPrivate *>(QObjectPrivate::get(cocoaEventDispatcher));
-            cocoaEventDispatcherPrivate->removeQueuedUserInputEvents([_window windowNumber]);
-        }
-
-        _window = nil;
-    }
+    _window = nil;
 }
 
 - (void)dealloc