diff --git a/src/pimcommonakonadi/addressline/addresslineedit/addresseelineeditutil.cpp b/src/pimcommonakonadi/addressline/addresslineedit/addresseelineeditutil.cpp
index 19a5ac35ce776d568ef25f18ee042bea0f15e560..ced1bff326c9922ac171920bf8dd1dc1aa52d511 100644
--- a/src/pimcommonakonadi/addressline/addresslineedit/addresseelineeditutil.cpp
+++ b/src/pimcommonakonadi/addressline/addresslineedit/addresseelineeditutil.cpp
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ QString PimCommon::AddresseeLineEditUtil::adaptPasteMails(const QString &str)
 {
     QString newText = str;
     // remove newlines in the to-be-pasted string
-#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 15, 0)
-    QStringList lines = newText.split(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("\r?\n")), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
-#else
     QStringList lines = newText.split(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("\r?\n")), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
-#endif
     QStringList::iterator end(lines.end());
     for (QStringList::iterator it = lines.begin(); it != end; ++it) {
         // remove trailing commas and whitespace