diff --git a/config.tests/winversion/winversion.cpp b/config.tests/winversion/winversion.cpp
index 32748e02cbc4da274a060d0ad6d9734b6949cb39..4d117b9455d52176fb9de7a6b79d3c3a61e3fcdf 100644
--- a/config.tests/winversion/winversion.cpp
+++ b/config.tests/winversion/winversion.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 ****************************************************************************/
 
 #if !defined(__clang__) && _MSC_FULL_VER < 191125507
-#error VS 2017 Update 3.2 or higher is required
+#error unsupported Visual Studio version
 #endif
 
 int main(int, char **)
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/platform.prf b/mkspecs/features/platform.prf
index 7f6cc2e3eed8cb0d161e262090589a667c17d762..2c8ef43a519cc416bcd45366fb42db35f545ad72 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/platform.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/platform.prf
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ defineTest(isPlatformSupported) {
       return(false)
     }
     !qtConfig(webengine-winversion) {
-         skipBuild("Needs VS 2017 Update 3.2 with Cumulative Servicing Release or higher")
+         skipBuild("Needs Visual Studio 2017 or higher")
          return(false)
     }
   } else:osx {
diff --git a/src/core/config/windows.pri b/src/core/config/windows.pri
index f74e0bb8592f7f0beb7686b6302509dec5a78487..b3e4cf77d2ea04982bdc6249435ce8d1be7f7187 100644
--- a/src/core/config/windows.pri
+++ b/src/core/config/windows.pri
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ msvc:contains(QT_ARCH, "i386"):!usingMSVC32BitCrossCompiler() {
 }
 
 msvc {
-    equals(MSVC_VER, 14.0) {
-        MSVS_VERSION = 2015
-    } else:equals(MSVC_VER, 15.0) {
+    equals(MSVC_VER, 15.0) {
         MSVS_VERSION = 2017
     } else {
         fatal("Visual Studio compiler version \"$$MSVC_VER\" is not supported by Qt WebEngine")
diff --git a/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc b/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc
index 6a93305832a891328942e73f6a5d260e9de6ab80..5d7c7056006d5fb512fd899041f85cdedd9e4b33 100644
--- a/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc
+++ b/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
     \section2 Windows
 
-    On Windows, Visual Studio 2015 or 2017 and Windows 10 SDK are required.
+    On Windows, Visual Studio 2017 and Windows 10 SDK are required.
 
     \section2 Linux