diff --git a/src/qml/qml/qqmlengine.cpp b/src/qml/qml/qqmlengine.cpp
index bb3ac938c342456eae2b137c2aea6bf01592467e..c7e69a74d6884e4da009997a5516dd4192a57a10 100644
--- a/src/qml/qml/qqmlengine.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/qml/qqmlengine.cpp
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ void QQmlEnginePrivate::doDeleteInEngineThread()
 
 namespace QtQml {
 
-Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT void qmlExecuteDeferred(QObject *object)
+void qmlExecuteDeferred(QObject *object)
 {
     QQmlData *data = QQmlData::get(object);