diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qtypeinfo.h b/src/corelib/global/qtypeinfo.h
index 4165fe0a79..349382be46 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qtypeinfo.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qtypeinfo.h
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ public:
     static constexpr bool isValueInitializationBitwiseZero = false;
 };
 
+// QTypeInfo for std::pair:
+//   std::pair is spec'ed to be struct { T1 first; T2 second; }, so, unlike tuple<>,
+//   we _can_ specialize QTypeInfo for pair<>:
+template <class T1, class T2>
+class QTypeInfo<std::pair<T1, T2>> : public QTypeInfoMerger<std::pair<T1, T2>, T1, T2> {};
+
 #define Q_DECLARE_MOVABLE_CONTAINER(CONTAINER) \
 template <typename ...T> \
 class QTypeInfo<CONTAINER<T...>> \
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qpair.h b/src/corelib/tools/qpair.h
index 75efaed3cf..8070ca0175 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qpair.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qpair.h
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ constexpr decltype(auto) qMakePair(T1 &&value1, T2 &&value2)
     return std::make_pair(std::forward<T1>(value1), std::forward<T2>(value2));
 }
 
-template<class T1, class T2>
-class QTypeInfo<std::pair<T1, T2>> : public QTypeInfoMerger<std::pair<T1, T2>, T1, T2> {};
-
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #endif // QPAIR_H