diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle.cpp
index 2ab9756f8d..a9d6ecd51a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle.cpp
@@ -1465,7 +1465,6 @@ void QRenderRule::configurePalette(QPalette *p, QPalette::ColorGroup cg, const Q
         p->setBrush(cg, w->foregroundRole(), pal->foreground);
         p->setBrush(cg, QPalette::WindowText, pal->foreground);
         p->setBrush(cg, QPalette::Text, pal->foreground);
-        p->setBrush(cg, QPalette::PlaceholderText, pal->foreground);
     }
     if (pal->selectionBackground.style() != Qt::NoBrush)
         p->setBrush(cg, QPalette::Highlight, pal->selectionBackground);
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle/tst_qstylesheetstyle.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle/tst_qstylesheetstyle.cpp
index 26868a763c..82527849b0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle/tst_qstylesheetstyle.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle/tst_qstylesheetstyle.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ private slots:
     void QTBUG15910_crashNullWidget();
     void QTBUG36933_brokenPseudoClassLookup();
     void styleSheetChangeBeforePolish();
-    void placeholderColor();
     //at the end because it mess with the style.
     void widgetStyle();
     void appStyle();
@@ -2230,21 +2229,6 @@ void tst_QStyleSheetStyle::highdpiImages()
     QHighDpiScaling::updateHighDpiScaling(); // reset to normal
 }
 
-void tst_QStyleSheetStyle::placeholderColor()
-{
-    const QColor red(Qt::red);
-    qApp->setStyleSheet("* { color: red; }");
-    QLineEdit le1;
-    QLineEdit le2;
-    le2.setEnabled(false);
-    le1.ensurePolished();
-    QCOMPARE(le1.palette().placeholderText(), red);
-    le2.ensurePolished();
-    QCOMPARE(le2.palette().placeholderText(), red);
-    le2.setEnabled(true);
-    QCOMPARE(le2.palette().placeholderText(), red);
-}
-
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QStyleSheetStyle)
 #include "tst_qstylesheetstyle.moc"