diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp
index bcc971bf4b..af2578ac37 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp
@@ -916,16 +916,6 @@ void tst_QFileInfo::compare_data()
     QTest::addColumn<QString>("file2");
     QTest::addColumn<bool>("same");
 
-#if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-    // Since 10.6 we use realpath() in qfsfileengine, and it properly handles
-    // file system case sensitivity. However here in the autotest we don't
-    // check if the file system is case sensitive, so to make it pass in the
-    // default OS X installation we assume we are running on a case insensitive
-    // file system if on 10.6 and on a case sensitive file system if on 10.5
-    bool caseSensitiveOnMac = true;
-    if (QSysInfo::MacintoshVersion >= QSysInfo::MV_10_6)
-        caseSensitiveOnMac = false;
-#endif
     QString caseChangedSource = m_sourceFile;
     caseChangedSource.replace("info", "Info");
 
@@ -947,7 +937,7 @@ void tst_QFileInfo::compare_data()
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
         << true;
 #elif defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-        << !caseSensitiveOnMac;
+        << !pathconf(QDir::currentPath().toLatin1().constData(), _PC_CASE_SENSITIVE);
 #else
         << false;
 #endif
@@ -955,6 +945,11 @@ void tst_QFileInfo::compare_data()
 
 void tst_QFileInfo::compare()
 {
+#if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+    if (qstrcmp(QTest::currentDataTag(), "casesense1") == 0)
+        QSKIP("Qt thinks all UNIX filesystems are case sensitive, see QTBUG-28246");
+#endif
+
     QFETCH(QString, file1);
     QFETCH(QString, file2);
     QFETCH(bool, same);