diff --git a/src/websockets/qwebsocket_p.cpp b/src/websockets/qwebsocket_p.cpp
index 9b291148c369a58d970894fbd1111da6d47c88f5..f4ed3111c08a03466103ff3de0052e33a27c811c 100644
--- a/src/websockets/qwebsocket_p.cpp
+++ b/src/websockets/qwebsocket_p.cpp
@@ -573,8 +573,6 @@ void QWebSocketPrivate::makeConnections(const QTcpSocket *pTcpSocket)
         QObject::connect(pTcpSocket, &QAbstractSocket::readChannelFinished, q,
                          &QWebSocket::readChannelFinished);
         QObject::connect(pTcpSocket, &QAbstractSocket::aboutToClose, q, &QWebSocket::aboutToClose);
-        QObject::connect(pTcpSocket, &QAbstractSocket::bytesWritten, q, &QWebSocket::bytesWritten);
-
 
         QObjectPrivate::connect(pTcpSocket, &QObject::destroyed,
                                 this, &QWebSocketPrivate::socketDestroyed);