diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 987693b93d504f8c105d6aac26ef38e60bba77aa..b2622fb7b9991678e2f18c8893fe36a4d7990039 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # This file is used to ignore files which are generated in the Qt build system
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/application
 examples/quick/controls/text/text
 tests/auto/activeFocusOnTab/tst_activeFocusOnTab
 tests/auto/controls/tst_controls
diff --git a/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/ApplicationTemplate.pro b/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/ApplicationTemplate.pro
deleted file mode 100644
index f877756dccde60ffdd7a3124669eb5967f8bba15..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/ApplicationTemplate.pro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-QT += qml quick widgets
-CONFIG += console
-TARGET = application
-SOURCES += \
-    main.cpp
-
-OTHER_FILES += \
-    qml/main.qml
-
-RESOURCES += \
-    resources.qrc
-
-MOC_DIR = ./.moc
-OBJECTS_DIR = ./.obj
-UI_DIR = ./.ui
-RCC_DIR = ./.rcc
diff --git a/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/main.cpp b/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index ef8dd80485187fdd2b15959e6bcc433cdfde9417..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2013 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
-** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
-**
-** This file is part of the Qt Quick Controls module of the Qt Toolkit.
-**
-** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:BSD$
-** You may use this file under the terms of the BSD license as follows:
-**
-** "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-** modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
-** met:
-**   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-**   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
-**     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
-**     distribution.
-**   * Neither the name of Digia Plc and its Subsidiary(-ies) nor the names
-**     of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
-**     from this software without specific prior written permission.
-**
-**
-** THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-** "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-** LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
-** A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
-** OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-** SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-** LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-** DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-** THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-** (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-** OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE."
-**
-** $QT_END_LICENSE$
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-
-#include <QtWidgets/QApplication>
-#include <QtQml>
-#include <QtQuick/QQuickView>
-
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-    QApplication app(argc, argv);
-    QQmlEngine engine;
-    QQmlComponent component(&engine);
-    component.loadUrl(QUrl("qrc:/qml/main.qml"));
-    if ( !component.isReady() ) {
-        qWarning("%s", qPrintable(component.errorString()));
-        return -1;
-    }
-    QObject *topLevel = component.create();
-    QQuickWindow *window = qobject_cast<QQuickWindow *>(topLevel);
-    if ( !window ) {
-        qWarning("Error: Your root item has to be a Window.");
-        return -1;
-    }
-    QObject::connect(&engine, SIGNAL(quit()), &app, SLOT(quit()));
-    window->show();
-    return app.exec();
-}
diff --git a/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/qml/images/qt_icon.png b/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/qml/images/qt_icon.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 229cdb006efcb67a291f46a52377bcd1d6172f44..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/qml/images/qt_icon.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/qml/main.qml b/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/qml/main.qml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c92e9cad35e12cf2d360b454f0b27c405bb31e3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/qml/main.qml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2013 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
-** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
-**
-** This file is part of the Qt Quick Controls module of the Qt Toolkit.
-**
-** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:BSD$
-** You may use this file under the terms of the BSD license as follows:
-**
-** "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-** modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
-** met:
-**   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-**   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
-**     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
-**     distribution.
-**   * Neither the name of Digia Plc and its Subsidiary(-ies) nor the names
-**     of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
-**     from this software without specific prior written permission.
-**
-**
-** THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-** "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-** LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
-** A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
-** OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-** SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-** LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-** DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-** THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-** (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-** OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE."
-**
-** $QT_END_LICENSE$
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-
-
-
-
-import QtQuick.Controls 1.0
-import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0
-
-ApplicationWindow {
-    width: 640
-    height: 480
-    minimumWidth: 400
-    minimumHeight: 300
-
-    menuBar: MenuBar {
-        Menu {
-            title: "File"
-            MenuItem { text: "Quit"; onTriggered: Qt.quit() }
-        }
-        Menu {
-            title: "Help"
-            MenuItem { text: "About..."; enabled: false }
-        }
-    }
-
-    toolBar: ToolBar {
-        RowLayout {
-            ToolButton { iconSource: "qrc:images/qt_icon.png" }
-            ToolButton { iconSource: "qrc:images/qt_icon.png" }
-        }
-    }
-
-    SplitView {
-        anchors.fill: parent
-        TableView {
-            frameVisible: false
-            highlightOnFocus: false
-            model: 40
-            TableViewColumn { title: "Left Column" }
-        }
-        TextArea {
-            frameVisible: false
-            highlightOnFocus: false
-            text: "Hello World"
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/resources.qrc b/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/resources.qrc
deleted file mode 100644
index dfdba433d19401660b3a541999ddcc092caef8cb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/quick/controls/ApplicationTemplate/resources.qrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<RCC>
-    <qresource prefix="/">
-        <file>qml/main.qml</file>
-        <file>qml/images/qt_icon.png</file>
-    </qresource>
-</RCC>
diff --git a/examples/quick/controls/controls.pro b/examples/quick/controls/controls.pro
index bccdb5b99bc2de115d53f8d4093d288dce7e13c4..405c239e23144b39e25b94f24c923baa26d8018e 100644
--- a/examples/quick/controls/controls.pro
+++ b/examples/quick/controls/controls.pro
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ SUBDIRS += \
     basiclayouts
 
 qtHaveModule(widgets) {
-    SUBDIRS += text \
-        ApplicationTemplate
+    SUBDIRS += text
 }
diff --git a/src/controls/doc/src/qtquickcontrols-examples.qdoc b/src/controls/doc/src/qtquickcontrols-examples.qdoc
index 857a1618a1132633166a262ecd0eeb78b1fac6db..229f10cdc408137bef518fe1ef8fec98c997456d 100644
--- a/src/controls/doc/src/qtquickcontrols-examples.qdoc
+++ b/src/controls/doc/src/qtquickcontrols-examples.qdoc
@@ -70,17 +70,6 @@
     vertically with a draggable splitter between each item.
 */
 
-/*!
-    \example ApplicationTemplate
-    \title Qt Quick Controls - Application Template
-    \ingroup qtquickcontrols_examples
-    \brief A simple application template with a few basic UI components.
-    \image qtquickcontrols-example-applicationtemplate.png
-
-    This is a simple, easily extensible template project for a
-    desktop application using \l{Qt Quick Controls}.
-*/
-
 /*!
     \example tableview
     \title Qt Quick Controls - Table View Example