diff --git a/src/designer/src/plugins/activeqt/qdesigneraxwidget.cpp b/src/designer/src/plugins/activeqt/qdesigneraxwidget.cpp
index 31ecda0352d298af95a51641dfc9bb7a64d2942d..4c08dcefc258bd74a479770f93de69fe69483361 100644
--- a/src/designer/src/plugins/activeqt/qdesigneraxwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/designer/src/plugins/activeqt/qdesigneraxwidget.cpp
@@ -215,12 +215,16 @@ const QMetaObject *QDesignerAxPluginWidget::metaObject() const
     return QDesignerAxWidget::metaObject();
 }
 
+#ifndef QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+
 static QString msgComException(const QObject *o, const QMetaObject::Call call, int index)
 {
     return QDesignerAxWidget::tr("A COM exception occurred when executing a meta call of type %1, index %2 of \"%3\".").
             arg(call).arg(index).arg(o->objectName());
 }
 
+#endif // QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+
 int QDesignerAxPluginWidget::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call call, int signal, void **argv)
 {
     QAxWidget *aw = axobject();