diff --git a/src/corelib/time/qtimezoneprivate.cpp b/src/corelib/time/qtimezoneprivate.cpp
index 637d9c8c6f..9032f2cf79 100644
--- a/src/corelib/time/qtimezoneprivate.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/time/qtimezoneprivate.cpp
@@ -172,14 +172,6 @@ QTimeZonePrivate::Data QTimeZonePrivate::data(qint64 forMSecsSinceEpoch) const
 // Private only method for use by QDateTime to convert local msecs to epoch msecs
 QTimeZonePrivate::Data QTimeZonePrivate::dataForLocalTime(qint64 forLocalMSecs, int hint) const
 {
-#ifndef Q_OS_ANDROID
-    // The Android back-end's hasDaylightTime() is only true for zones with
-    // transitions in the future; we need it to mean "has ever had a transition"
-    // though, so can't trust it here.
-    if (!hasDaylightTime()) // No DST means same offset for all local msecs
-        return data(forLocalMSecs - standardTimeOffset(forLocalMSecs) * 1000);
-#endif
-
     /*
       We need a UTC time at which to ask for the offset, in order to be able to
       add that offset to forLocalMSecs, to get the UTC time we need.