diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
index c3ec2bc7f672e378b54fd574d2456a7b116326ca..7ca0aa7f0bfed9134dfb0bd646d814879f6ccdf8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
@@ -84,14 +84,7 @@ class QLibraryInfoPrivate
 {
 public:
     static QSettings *findConfiguration();
-#ifndef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
-    static void cleanup()
-    {
-        QLibrarySettings *ls = qt_library_settings();
-        if (ls)
-            ls->settings.reset(0);
-    }
-#else
+#ifdef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
     static bool haveGroup(QLibraryInfo::PathGroup group)
     {
         QLibrarySettings *ls = qt_library_settings();
@@ -114,7 +107,6 @@ QLibrarySettings::QLibrarySettings()
     : settings(QLibraryInfoPrivate::findConfiguration())
 {
 #ifndef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
-    qAddPostRoutine(QLibraryInfoPrivate::cleanup);
     bool haveEffectivePaths;
     bool havePaths;
 #endif