Remove bearermanagement usage inside QNAM and QNetworkProxy

Change-Id: I2c4fdf598b46daf1b69a65848ebe0fd78ef8be24
Reviewed-by: Timur Pocheptsov <timur.pocheptsov@qt.io>

25 files changed, 9 insertions, 1681 deletions

diff --git a/src/network/access/qftp.cpp b/src/network/access/qftp.cpp
index e1b99c4599..048c272780 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qftp.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qftp.cpp
@@ -317,10 +317,6 @@ void QFtpDTP::connectToHost(const QString & host, quint16 port)
         socket = nullptr;
     }
     socket = new QTcpSocket(this);
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    //copy network session down to the socket
-    socket->setProperty("_q_networksession", property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
     socket->setObjectName(QLatin1String("QFtpDTP Passive state socket"));
     connect(socket, SIGNAL(connected()), SLOT(socketConnected()));
     connect(socket, SIGNAL(readyRead()), SLOT(socketReadyRead()));
@@ -333,10 +329,6 @@ void QFtpDTP::connectToHost(const QString & host, quint16 port)
 
 int QFtpDTP::setupListener(const QHostAddress &address)
 {
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    //copy network session down to the socket
-    listener.setProperty("_q_networksession", property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
     if (!listener.isListening() && !listener.listen(address, 0))
         return -1;
     return listener.serverPort();
@@ -819,11 +811,6 @@ QFtpPI::QFtpPI(QObject *parent) :
 void QFtpPI::connectToHost(const QString &host, quint16 port)
 {
     emit connectState(QFtp::HostLookup);
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    //copy network session down to the socket & DTP
-    commandSocket.setProperty("_q_networksession", property("_q_networksession"));
-    dtp.setProperty("_q_networksession", property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
     commandSocket.connectToHost(host, port);
 }
 
@@ -2290,10 +2277,6 @@ void QFtpPrivate::_q_startNextCommand()
         c->rawCmds.clear();
         _q_piFinished(QLatin1String("Proxy set to ") + proxyHost + QLatin1Char(':') + QString::number(proxyPort));
     } else if (c->command == QFtp::ConnectToHost) {
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        //copy network session down to the PI
-        pi.setProperty("_q_networksession", q->property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
         if (!proxyHost.isEmpty()) {
             host = c->rawCmds.at(0);
             port = c->rawCmds.at(1).toUInt();
diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection.cpp b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection.cpp
index b64e4fde86..f916ee2981 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection.cpp
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ void QHttpNetworkConnectionPrivate::init()
     for (int i = 0; i < channelCount; i++) {
         channels[i].setConnection(this->q_func());
         channels[i].ssl = encrypt;
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        //push session down to channels
-        channels[i].networkSession = networkSession;
-#endif
     }
 
     delayedConnectionTimer.setSingleShot(true);
@@ -1267,19 +1263,6 @@ void QHttpNetworkConnectionPrivate::startNetworkLayerStateLookup()
         channels[1].networkLayerPreference = QAbstractSocket::IPv6Protocol;
 
         int timeout = 300;
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        if (networkSession) {
-            const QNetworkConfiguration::BearerType bearerType = networkSession->configuration().bearerType();
-            if (bearerType == QNetworkConfiguration::Bearer2G)
-                timeout = 800;
-            else if (bearerType == QNetworkConfiguration::BearerCDMA2000)
-                timeout = 500;
-            else if (bearerType == QNetworkConfiguration::BearerWCDMA)
-                timeout = 500;
-            else if (bearerType == QNetworkConfiguration::BearerHSPA)
-                timeout = 400;
-        }
-#endif
         delayedConnectionTimer.start(timeout);
         if (delayIpv4)
             channels[1].ensureConnection();
@@ -1309,37 +1292,6 @@ void QHttpNetworkConnectionPrivate::_q_connectDelayedChannel()
         channels[1].ensureConnection();
 }
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-QHttpNetworkConnection::QHttpNetworkConnection(const QString &hostName, quint16 port, bool encrypt,
-                                               QHttpNetworkConnection::ConnectionType connectionType,
-                                               QObject *parent, QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession)
-    : QObject(*(new QHttpNetworkConnectionPrivate(hostName, port, encrypt, connectionType)), parent)
-{
-    Q_D(QHttpNetworkConnection);
-    d->networkSession = std::move(networkSession);
-    d->init();
-    if (QNetworkStatusMonitor::isEnabled()) {
-        connect(&d->connectionMonitor, &QNetworkConnectionMonitor::reachabilityChanged,
-                this, &QHttpNetworkConnection::onlineStateChanged, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-    }
-}
-
-QHttpNetworkConnection::QHttpNetworkConnection(quint16 connectionCount, const QString &hostName,
-                                               quint16 port, bool encrypt, QObject *parent,
-                                               QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession,
-                                               QHttpNetworkConnection::ConnectionType connectionType)
-     : QObject(*(new QHttpNetworkConnectionPrivate(connectionCount, hostName, port, encrypt,
-                                                   connectionType)), parent)
-{
-    Q_D(QHttpNetworkConnection);
-    d->networkSession = std::move(networkSession);
-    d->init();
-    if (QNetworkStatusMonitor::isEnabled()) {
-        connect(&d->connectionMonitor, &QNetworkConnectionMonitor::reachabilityChanged,
-                this, &QHttpNetworkConnection::onlineStateChanged, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-    }
-}
-#else
 QHttpNetworkConnection::QHttpNetworkConnection(const QString &hostName, quint16 port, bool encrypt,
                                                QHttpNetworkConnection::ConnectionType connectionType, QObject *parent)
     : QObject(*(new QHttpNetworkConnectionPrivate(hostName, port, encrypt , connectionType)), parent)
@@ -1365,7 +1317,6 @@ QHttpNetworkConnection::QHttpNetworkConnection(quint16 connectionCount, const QS
                 this, &QHttpNetworkConnection::onlineStateChanged, Qt::QueuedConnection);
     }
 }
-#endif // QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
 
 QHttpNetworkConnection::~QHttpNetworkConnection()
 {
diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection_p.h b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection_p.h
index cfce3ecc00..7aecbba2a4 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnection_p.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 #include <QtNetwork/qnetworkrequest.h>
 #include <QtNetwork/qnetworkreply.h>
 #include <QtNetwork/qabstractsocket.h>
-#include <QtNetwork/qnetworksession.h>
 
 #include <qhttp2configuration.h>
 
@@ -100,23 +99,12 @@ public:
         ConnectionTypeHTTP2Direct
     };
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    explicit QHttpNetworkConnection(const QString &hostName, quint16 port = 80, bool encrypt = false,
-                                    ConnectionType connectionType = ConnectionTypeHTTP,
-                                    QObject *parent = nullptr, QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession
-                                    = QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession>());
-    QHttpNetworkConnection(quint16 channelCount, const QString &hostName, quint16 port = 80,
-                           bool encrypt = false, QObject *parent = nullptr,
-                           QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession = QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession>(),
-                           ConnectionType connectionType = ConnectionTypeHTTP);
-#else
     explicit QHttpNetworkConnection(const QString &hostName, quint16 port = 80, bool encrypt = false,
                                     ConnectionType connectionType = ConnectionTypeHTTP,
                                     QObject *parent = 0);
     QHttpNetworkConnection(quint16 channelCount, const QString &hostName, quint16 port = 80,
                            bool encrypt = false, QObject *parent = 0,
                            ConnectionType connectionType = ConnectionTypeHTTP);
-#endif
     ~QHttpNetworkConnection();
 
     //The hostname to which this is connected to.
@@ -290,10 +278,6 @@ public:
     QSharedPointer<QSslContext> sslContext;
 #endif
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession;
-#endif
-
     QHttp2Configuration http2Parameters;
 
     QString peerVerifyName;
diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel.cpp b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel.cpp
index c1bb19650f..4ea98ff978 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel.cpp
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@
 #    include <QtNetwork/qsslcipher.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-#include "private/qnetworksession_p.h"
-#endif
-
 #include "private/qnetconmonitor_p.h"
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -123,11 +119,6 @@ void QHttpNetworkConnectionChannel::init()
 #else
     socket = new QTcpSocket;
 #endif
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    //push session down to socket
-    if (networkSession)
-        socket->setProperty("_q_networksession", QVariant::fromValue(networkSession));
-#endif
 #ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
     // Set by QNAM anyway, but let's be safe here
     socket->setProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy);
diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel_p.h b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel_p.h
index c73c4c3bd5..a0f25a6430 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel_p.h
@@ -136,9 +136,6 @@ public:
 #endif
     // to emit the signal for all in-flight replies:
     void emitFinishedWithError(QNetworkReply::NetworkError error, const char *message);
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession;
-#endif
 
     // HTTP pipelining -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http_pipelining
     enum PipeliningSupport {
diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
index fa03bf7a11..30403b1848 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
@@ -181,17 +181,9 @@ class QNetworkAccessCachedHttpConnection: public QHttpNetworkConnection,
 {
     // Q_OBJECT
 public:
-#ifdef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
     QNetworkAccessCachedHttpConnection(const QString &hostName, quint16 port, bool encrypt,
                                        QHttpNetworkConnection::ConnectionType connectionType)
         : QHttpNetworkConnection(hostName, port, encrypt, connectionType)
-#else // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    QNetworkAccessCachedHttpConnection(const QString &hostName, quint16 port, bool encrypt,
-                                       QHttpNetworkConnection::ConnectionType connectionType,
-                                       QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession)
-        : QHttpNetworkConnection(hostName, port, encrypt, connectionType, /*parent=*/nullptr,
-                                 std::move(networkSession))
-#endif
     {
         setExpires(true);
         setShareable(true);
@@ -334,14 +326,8 @@ void QHttpThreadDelegate::startRequest()
     if (!httpConnection) {
         // no entry in cache; create an object
         // the http object is actually a QHttpNetworkConnection
-#ifdef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
         httpConnection = new QNetworkAccessCachedHttpConnection(urlCopy.host(), urlCopy.port(), ssl,
                                                                 connectionType);
-#else // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        httpConnection = new QNetworkAccessCachedHttpConnection(urlCopy.host(), urlCopy.port(), ssl,
-                                                                connectionType,
-                                                                networkSession);
-#endif // QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
         if (connectionType == QHttpNetworkConnection::ConnectionTypeHTTP2
             || connectionType == QHttpNetworkConnection::ConnectionTypeHTTP2Direct) {
             httpConnection->setHttp2Parameters(http2Parameters);
diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate_p.h b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate_p.h
index 8a197b0b98..5849d3427f 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate_p.h
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ public:
     QNetworkReply::NetworkError incomingErrorCode;
     QString incomingErrorDetail;
     QHttp2Configuration http2Parameters;
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession;
-#endif
 
 protected:
     // The zerocopy download buffer, if used:
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessbackend.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessbackend.cpp
index 9d7e7200fa..8013785cc1 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessbackend.cpp
@@ -39,13 +39,11 @@
 
 #include "qnetworkaccessbackend_p.h"
 #include "qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h"
-#include "qnetworkconfigmanager.h"
 #include "qnetworkrequest.h"
 #include "qnetworkreply.h"
 #include "qnetworkreply_p.h"
 #include "QtCore/qmutex.h"
 #include "QtCore/qstringlist.h"
-#include "QtNetwork/private/qnetworksession_p.h"
 
 #include "qnetworkaccesscachebackend_p.h"
 #include "qabstractnetworkcache.h"
@@ -371,30 +369,6 @@ void QNetworkAccessBackend::sslErrors(const QList<QSslError> &errors)
 */
 bool QNetworkAccessBackend::start()
 {
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    // For bearer, check if session start is required
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession(manager->getNetworkSession());
-    if (networkSession) {
-        // session required
-        if (networkSession->isOpen() &&
-            networkSession->state() == QNetworkSession::Connected) {
-            // Session is already open and ready to use.
-            // copy network session down to the backend
-            setProperty("_q_networksession", QVariant::fromValue(networkSession));
-        } else {
-            // Session not ready, but can skip for loopback connections
-
-            // This is not ideal.
-            // Don't need an open session for localhost access.
-            if (!reply->url.isLocalFile()) {
-                const QString host = reply->url.host();
-                if (host != QLatin1String("localhost") && !QHostAddress(host).isLoopback())
-                    return false; // need to wait for session to be opened
-            }
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-
 #ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
     reply->proxyList = manager->queryProxy(QNetworkProxyQuery(url()));
 #endif
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessftpbackend.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessftpbackend.cpp
index 7b09608499..7f5439a16e 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessftpbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessftpbackend.cpp
@@ -161,10 +161,6 @@ void QNetworkAccessFtpBackend::open()
     if (!objectCache->requestEntry(cacheKey, this,
                              SLOT(ftpConnectionReady(QNetworkAccessCache::CacheableObject*)))) {
         ftp = new QNetworkAccessCachedFtpConnection;
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        //copy network session down to the QFtp
-        ftp->setProperty("_q_networksession", property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
 #ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
         if (proxy.type() == QNetworkProxy::FtpCachingProxy)
             ftp->setProxy(proxy.hostName(), proxy.port());
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp
index bafbbb8fae..62cc760ada 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
 #include "qhstsstore_p.h"
 #endif // QT_CONFIG(settings)
 
-#include "QtNetwork/qnetworksession.h"
-#include "QtNetwork/private/qsharednetworksession_p.h"
-
 #if QT_CONFIG(ftp)
 #include "qnetworkaccessftpbackend_p.h"
 #endif
@@ -71,7 +68,6 @@
 #include "QtCore/qvector.h"
 #include "QtNetwork/private/qauthenticator_p.h"
 #include "QtNetwork/qsslconfiguration.h"
-#include "QtNetwork/qnetworkconfigmanager.h"
 #include "QtNetwork/private/http2protocol_p.h"
 
 #if QT_CONFIG(http)
@@ -479,20 +475,7 @@ QNetworkAccessManager::QNetworkAccessManager(QObject *parent)
     if (QNetworkStatusMonitor::isEnabled()) {
         connect(&d->statusMonitor, SIGNAL(onlineStateChanged(bool)),
                 SLOT(_q_onlineStateChanged(bool)));
-#ifdef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
         d->networkAccessible = d->statusMonitor.isNetworkAccessible();
-#else
-        d->networkAccessible = d->statusMonitor.isNetworkAccessible() ? Accessible : NotAccessible;
-    } else {
-        // if a session is required, we track online state through
-        // the QNetworkSession's signals if a request is already made.
-        // we need to track current accessibility state by default
-        //
-        connect(&d->networkConfigurationManager, SIGNAL(onlineStateChanged(bool)),
-                SLOT(_q_onlineStateChanged(bool)));
-        connect(&d->networkConfigurationManager, SIGNAL(configurationChanged(QNetworkConfiguration)),
-                SLOT(_q_configurationChanged(QNetworkConfiguration)));
-#endif // QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
     }
 }
 
@@ -993,186 +976,6 @@ QNetworkReply *QNetworkAccessManager::deleteResource(const QNetworkRequest &requ
     return d_func()->postProcess(createRequest(QNetworkAccessManager::DeleteOperation, request));
 }
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-
-/*!
-    \since 4.7
-    \obsolete
-
-    Sets the network configuration that will be used when creating the
-    \l {QNetworkSession}{network session} to \a config.
-
-    The network configuration is used to create and open a network session before any request that
-    requires network access is process.  If no network configuration is explicitly set via this
-    function the network configuration returned by
-    QNetworkConfigurationManager::defaultConfiguration() will be used.
-
-    To restore the default network configuration set the network configuration to the value
-    returned from QNetworkConfigurationManager::defaultConfiguration().
-
-    Setting a network configuration means that the QNetworkAccessManager instance will only
-    be using the specified one. In particular, if the default network configuration changes
-    (upon e.g. Wifi being available), this new configuration needs to be enabled
-    manually if desired.
-
-    \snippet code/src_network_access_qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp 2
-
-    If an invalid network configuration is set, a network session will not be created.  In this
-    case network requests will be processed regardless, but may fail.  For example:
-
-    \snippet code/src_network_access_qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp 3
-
-    \sa configuration(), QNetworkSession
-*/
-void QNetworkAccessManager::setConfiguration(const QNetworkConfiguration &config)
-{
-    Q_D(QNetworkAccessManager);
-
-    d->networkConfiguration = config;
-    d->customNetworkConfiguration = true;
-    d->createSession(config);
-}
-
-/*!
-    \since 4.7
-    \obsolete
-
-    Returns the network configuration that will be used to create the
-    \l {QNetworkSession}{network session} which will be used when processing network requests.
-
-    \sa setConfiguration(), activeConfiguration()
-*/
-QNetworkConfiguration QNetworkAccessManager::configuration() const
-{
-    Q_D(const QNetworkAccessManager);
-
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> session(d->getNetworkSession());
-    if (session && !d->statusMonitor.isEnabled()) {
-        return session->configuration();
-    } else {
-        return d->networkConfigurationManager.defaultConfiguration();
-    }
-}
-
-/*!
-    \since 4.7
-    \obsolete
-
-    Returns the current active network configuration.
-
-    If the network configuration returned by configuration() is of type
-    QNetworkConfiguration::ServiceNetwork this function will return the current active child
-    network configuration of that configuration.  Otherwise returns the same network configuration
-    as configuration().
-
-    Use this function to return the actual network configuration currently in use by the network
-    session.
-
-    \sa configuration()
-*/
-QNetworkConfiguration QNetworkAccessManager::activeConfiguration() const
-{
-    Q_D(const QNetworkAccessManager);
-
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession(d->getNetworkSession());
-    if (networkSession && !d->statusMonitor.isEnabled()) {
-        return d->networkConfigurationManager.configurationFromIdentifier(
-            networkSession->sessionProperty(QLatin1String("ActiveConfiguration")).toString());
-    } else {
-        return d->networkConfigurationManager.defaultConfiguration();
-    }
-}
-
-/*!
-    \since 4.7
-    \obsolete
-
-    Overrides the reported network accessibility.  If \a accessible is NotAccessible the reported
-    network accessiblity will always be NotAccessible.  Otherwise the reported network
-    accessibility will reflect the actual device state.
-*/
-void QNetworkAccessManager::setNetworkAccessible(QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility accessible)
-{
-    Q_D(QNetworkAccessManager);
-
-    d->defaultAccessControl = accessible == NotAccessible ? false : true;
-
-    if (d->networkAccessible != accessible) {
-QT_WARNING_PUSH
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
-        NetworkAccessibility previous = networkAccessible();
-        d->networkAccessible = accessible;
-        NetworkAccessibility current = networkAccessible();
-        if (previous != current)
-            emit networkAccessibleChanged(current);
-QT_WARNING_POP
-    }
-}
-
-/*!
-    \since 4.7
-    \obsolete
-
-    Returns the current network accessibility.
-*/
-QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility QNetworkAccessManager::networkAccessible() const
-{
-    Q_D(const QNetworkAccessManager);
-
-    if (d->statusMonitor.isEnabled()) {
-        if (!d->statusMonitor.isMonitoring())
-            d->statusMonitor.start();
-        return d->networkAccessible;
-    }
-
-    if (d->customNetworkConfiguration && d->networkConfiguration.state().testFlag(QNetworkConfiguration::Undefined))
-        return UnknownAccessibility;
-
-    if (d->networkSessionRequired) {
-        QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession(d->getNetworkSession());
-        if (networkSession) {
-            // d->online holds online/offline state of this network session.
-            if (d->online)
-                return d->networkAccessible;
-            else
-                return NotAccessible;
-        } else {
-            if (d->defaultAccessControl) {
-                if (d->online)
-                    return d->networkAccessible;
-                else
-                    return NotAccessible;
-            }
-            return (d->networkAccessible);
-        }
-    } else {
-        if (d->online)
-            return d->networkAccessible;
-        else
-            return NotAccessible;
-    }
-}
-
-/*!
-    \internal
-
-    Returns the network session currently in use.
-    This can be changed at any time, ownership remains with the QNetworkAccessManager
-*/
-const QWeakPointer<const QNetworkSession> QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::getNetworkSession(const QNetworkAccessManager *q)
-{
-    return q->d_func()->networkSessionWeakRef;
-}
-
-QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::getNetworkSession() const
-{
-    if (networkSessionStrongRef)
-        return networkSessionStrongRef;
-    return networkSessionWeakRef.toStrongRef();
-}
-
-#endif // QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-
 #ifndef QT_NO_SSL
 /*!
     \since 5.2
@@ -1457,12 +1260,7 @@ QNetworkReply *QNetworkAccessManager::createRequest(QNetworkAccessManager::Opera
         // See the code in ctor - QNetworkStatusMonitor allows us to
         // immediately set 'networkAccessible' even before we start
         // the monitor.
-#ifdef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-        if (!d->networkAccessible
-#else
-        if (d->networkAccessible == NotAccessible
-#endif // QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-            && !isLocalFile) {
+        if (!d->networkAccessible && !isLocalFile) {
             QHostAddress dest;
             QString host = req.url().host().toLower();
             if (!(dest.setAddress(host) && dest.isLoopback())
@@ -1474,35 +1272,6 @@ QNetworkReply *QNetworkAccessManager::createRequest(QNetworkAccessManager::Opera
 
         if (!d->statusMonitor.isMonitoring() && !d->statusMonitor.start())
             qWarning(lcNetMon, "failed to start network status monitoring");
-    } else {
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        // Return a disabled network reply if network access is disabled.
-        // Except if the scheme is empty or file:// or if the host resolves to a loopback address.
-        if (d->networkAccessible == NotAccessible && !isLocalFile) {
-            QHostAddress dest;
-            QString host = req.url().host().toLower();
-            if (!(dest.setAddress(host) && dest.isLoopback()) && host != QLatin1String("localhost")
-                && host != QHostInfo::localHostName().toLower()) {
-                return new QDisabledNetworkReply(this, req, op);
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (!d->networkSessionStrongRef && (d->initializeSession || !d->networkConfiguration.identifier().isEmpty())) {
-            if (!d->networkConfiguration.identifier().isEmpty()) {
-                if ((d->networkConfiguration.state() & QNetworkConfiguration::Defined)
-                        && d->networkConfiguration != d->networkConfigurationManager.defaultConfiguration())
-                    d->createSession(d->networkConfigurationManager.defaultConfiguration());
-                else
-                    d->createSession(d->networkConfiguration);
-
-            } else {
-                if (d->networkSessionRequired)
-                    d->createSession(d->networkConfigurationManager.defaultConfiguration());
-                else
-                    d->initializeSession = false;
-            }
-        }
-#endif
     }
 
     QNetworkRequest request = req;
@@ -1549,26 +1318,12 @@ QNetworkReply *QNetworkAccessManager::createRequest(QNetworkAccessManager::Opera
         }
 #endif
         QNetworkReplyHttpImpl *reply = new QNetworkReplyHttpImpl(this, request, op, outgoingData);
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        if (!d->statusMonitor.isEnabled()) {
-            connect(this, SIGNAL(networkSessionConnected()),
-                    reply, SLOT(_q_networkSessionConnected()));
-        }
-#endif
         return reply;
     }
 #endif // QT_CONFIG(http)
 
     // first step: create the reply
     QNetworkReplyImpl *reply = new QNetworkReplyImpl(this);
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    // NETMONTODO: network reply impl must be augmented to use the same monitoring
-    // capabilities as http network reply impl does. Once it does: uncomment the condition below
-    if (!isLocalFile /*&& !d->statusMonitor.isEnabled()*/) {
-        connect(this, SIGNAL(networkSessionConnected()),
-                reply, SLOT(_q_networkSessionConnected()));
-    }
-#endif
     QNetworkReplyImplPrivate *priv = reply->d_func();
     priv->manager = this;
 
@@ -1751,15 +1506,6 @@ void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::_q_replyFinished(QNetworkReply *reply)
     emit q->finished(reply);
     if (reply->request().attribute(QNetworkRequest::AutoDeleteReplyOnFinishAttribute, false).toBool())
         QMetaObject::invokeMethod(reply, [reply] { reply->deleteLater(); }, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    // If there are no active requests, release our reference to the network session.
-    // It will not be destroyed immediately, but rather when the connection cache is flushed
-    // after 2 minutes.
-    activeReplyCount--;
-    if (networkSessionStrongRef && activeReplyCount == 0)
-        networkSessionStrongRef.clear();
-#endif
 }
 
 void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::_q_replyEncrypted(QNetworkReply *reply)
@@ -1810,9 +1556,6 @@ QNetworkReply *QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::postProcess(QNetworkReply *reply)
     q->connect(reply, SIGNAL(sslErrors(QList<QSslError>)), SLOT(_q_replySslErrors(QList<QSslError>)));
     q->connect(reply, SIGNAL(preSharedKeyAuthenticationRequired(QSslPreSharedKeyAuthenticator*)), SLOT(_q_replyPreSharedKeyAuthenticationRequired(QSslPreSharedKeyAuthenticator*)));
 #endif
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    activeReplyCount++;
-#endif
 
     return reply;
 }
@@ -1980,233 +1723,11 @@ void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::destroyThread()
     }
 }
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::createSession(const QNetworkConfiguration &config)
-{
-    Q_Q(QNetworkAccessManager);
-
-    initializeSession = false;
-
-    //resurrect weak ref if possible
-    networkSessionStrongRef = networkSessionWeakRef.toStrongRef();
-
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> newSession;
-    if (config.isValid())
-        newSession = QSharedNetworkSessionManager::getSession(config);
-
-    QNetworkSession::State oldState = QNetworkSession::Invalid;
-    if (networkSessionStrongRef) {
-        //do nothing if new and old session are the same
-        if (networkSessionStrongRef == newSession)
-            return;
-        //disconnect from old session
-        QObject::disconnect(networkSessionStrongRef.data(), SIGNAL(opened()), q, SIGNAL(networkSessionConnected()));
-        QObject::disconnect(networkSessionStrongRef.data(), SIGNAL(closed()), q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionClosed()));
-        QObject::disconnect(networkSessionStrongRef.data(), SIGNAL(stateChanged(QNetworkSession::State)),
-            q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State)));
-        QObject::disconnect(networkSessionStrongRef.data(), SIGNAL(error(QNetworkSession::SessionError)),
-                            q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionFailed(QNetworkSession::SessionError)));
-        oldState = networkSessionStrongRef->state();
-    }
-
-    //switch to new session (null if config was invalid)
-    networkSessionStrongRef = newSession;
-    networkSessionWeakRef = networkSessionStrongRef.toWeakRef();
-
-    if (!networkSessionStrongRef) {
-
-QT_WARNING_PUSH
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
-        if (networkAccessible == QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible || !online)
-            emit q->networkAccessibleChanged(QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible);
-        else
-            emit q->networkAccessibleChanged(QNetworkAccessManager::UnknownAccessibility);
-QT_WARNING_POP
-
-        return;
-    }
-
-    //connect to new session
-    QObject::connect(networkSessionStrongRef.data(), SIGNAL(opened()), q, SIGNAL(networkSessionConnected()), Qt::QueuedConnection);
-    //QueuedConnection is used to avoid deleting the networkSession inside its closed signal
-    QObject::connect(networkSessionStrongRef.data(), SIGNAL(closed()), q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionClosed()), Qt::QueuedConnection);
-    QObject::connect(networkSessionStrongRef.data(), SIGNAL(stateChanged(QNetworkSession::State)),
-                     q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State)), Qt::QueuedConnection);
-    QObject::connect(networkSessionStrongRef.data(), SIGNAL(error(QNetworkSession::SessionError)),
-                        q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionFailed(QNetworkSession::SessionError)));
-
-    const QNetworkSession::State newState = networkSessionStrongRef->state();
-    if (newState != oldState) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(q, "_q_networkSessionStateChanged", Qt::QueuedConnection,
-                                  Q_ARG(QNetworkSession::State, newState));
-    }
-}
-
-void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::_q_networkSessionClosed()
-{
-    Q_Q(QNetworkAccessManager);
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession(getNetworkSession());
-    if (networkSession) {
-        networkConfiguration = networkSession->configuration();
-
-        //disconnect from old session
-        QObject::disconnect(networkSession.data(), SIGNAL(opened()), q, SIGNAL(networkSessionConnected()));
-        QObject::disconnect(networkSession.data(), SIGNAL(closed()), q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionClosed()));
-        QObject::disconnect(networkSession.data(), SIGNAL(stateChanged(QNetworkSession::State)),
-            q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State)));
-        QObject::disconnect(networkSession.data(), SIGNAL(error(QNetworkSession::SessionError)),
-                            q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionFailed(QNetworkSession::SessionError)));
-
-        networkSessionStrongRef.clear();
-        networkSessionWeakRef.clear();
-    }
-}
-
-void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::_q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State state)
-{
-    Q_Q(QNetworkAccessManager);
-    bool reallyOnline = false;
-    //Do not emit the networkSessionConnected signal here, except for roaming -> connected
-    //transition, otherwise it is emitted twice in a row when opening a connection.
-QT_WARNING_PUSH
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
-    if (state == QNetworkSession::Connected && lastSessionState != QNetworkSession::Roaming)
-        emit q->networkSessionConnected();
-    lastSessionState = state;
-
-    if (online && (state == QNetworkSession::Disconnected
-                   || state == QNetworkSession::NotAvailable)) {
-        const auto cfgs = networkConfigurationManager.allConfigurations();
-        for (const QNetworkConfiguration &cfg : cfgs) {
-            if (cfg.state().testFlag(QNetworkConfiguration::Active)) {
-                reallyOnline = true;
-            }
-        }
-    } else if (state == QNetworkSession::Connected || state == QNetworkSession::Roaming) {
-        reallyOnline = true;
-    }
-    online = reallyOnline;
-
-    if (!reallyOnline) {
-        if (state != QNetworkSession::Connected && state != QNetworkSession::Roaming) {
-            if (networkAccessible != QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible) {
-                networkAccessible = QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible;
-                emit q->networkAccessibleChanged(networkAccessible);
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        if (defaultAccessControl)
-            if (networkAccessible != QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible) {
-                networkAccessible = QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible;
-                emit q->networkAccessibleChanged(networkAccessible);
-            }
-    }
-    if (online && (state != QNetworkSession::Connected && state != QNetworkSession::Roaming)) {
-        _q_networkSessionClosed();
-        createSession(q->configuration());
-    }
-QT_WARNING_POP
-}
-
-void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::_q_onlineStateChanged(bool isOnline)
-{
-    Q_Q(QNetworkAccessManager);
-
-    if (statusMonitor.isEnabled()) {
-        networkAccessible = isOnline ? QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible : QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible;
-        return;
-    }
-
-QT_WARNING_PUSH
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
-
-   // if the user set a config, we only care whether this one is active.
-    // Otherwise, this QNAM is online if there is an online config.
-    if (customNetworkConfiguration) {
-        online = (networkConfiguration.state() & QNetworkConfiguration::Active);
-    } else {
-        if (online != isOnline) {
-            online = isOnline;
-            _q_networkSessionClosed();
-            createSession(q->configuration());
-        }
-    }
-    if (online) {
-        if (defaultAccessControl) {
-            if (networkAccessible != QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible) {
-                networkAccessible = QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible;
-                emit q->networkAccessibleChanged(networkAccessible);
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        if (networkAccessible != QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible) {
-            networkAccessible = QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible;
-            emit q->networkAccessibleChanged(networkAccessible);
-        }
-    }
-QT_WARNING_POP
-}
-
-void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::_q_configurationChanged(const QNetworkConfiguration &configuration)
-{
-    if (statusMonitor.isEnabled())
-        return;
-
-    const QString id = configuration.identifier();
-    if (configuration.state().testFlag(QNetworkConfiguration::Active)) {
-        if (!onlineConfigurations.contains(id)) {
-            QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> session(getNetworkSession());
-            if (session) {
-                if (online && session->configuration().identifier()
-                        != networkConfigurationManager.defaultConfiguration().identifier()) {
-
-                    onlineConfigurations.insert(id);
-                    // CHECK: If it's having Active flag - why would it be disconnected ???
-                    //this one disconnected but another one is online,
-                    // close and create new session
-                    _q_networkSessionClosed();
-                    createSession(networkConfigurationManager.defaultConfiguration());
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-    } else if (onlineConfigurations.contains(id)) {
-        //this one is disconnecting
-        // CHECK: If it disconnected while we create a session over a down configuration ???
-        onlineConfigurations.remove(id);
-        if (!onlineConfigurations.isEmpty()) {
-            _q_networkSessionClosed();
-            createSession(configuration);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
-void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::_q_networkSessionFailed(QNetworkSession::SessionError)
-{
-    if (statusMonitor.isEnabled())
-        return;
-
-    const auto cfgs = networkConfigurationManager.allConfigurations();
-    for (const QNetworkConfiguration &cfg : cfgs) {
-        if (cfg.state().testFlag(QNetworkConfiguration::Active)) {
-            online = true;
-            _q_networkSessionClosed();
-            createSession(networkConfigurationManager.defaultConfiguration());
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#else
-
 void QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::_q_onlineStateChanged(bool isOnline)
 {
     networkAccessible = isOnline;
 }
 
-#endif // QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-
 #if QT_CONFIG(http)
 QNetworkRequest QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::prepareMultipart(const QNetworkRequest &request, QHttpMultiPart *multiPart)
 {
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.h b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.h
index db843b2ee7..3a08c30a21 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager.h
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ class QNetworkProxy;
 class QNetworkProxyFactory;
 class QSslError;
 class QHstsPolicy;
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-class QNetworkConfiguration;
-#endif
 class QHttpMultiPart;
 
 class QNetworkReplyImplPrivate;
@@ -74,9 +71,6 @@ class Q_NETWORK_EXPORT QNetworkAccessManager: public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    Q_PROPERTY(NetworkAccessibility networkAccessible READ networkAccessible WRITE setNetworkAccessible NOTIFY networkAccessibleChanged)
-#endif
 
 public:
     enum Operation {
@@ -90,18 +84,6 @@ public:
         UnknownOperation = 0
     };
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    enum QT_DEPRECATED_NETWORK_API_5_15 NetworkAccessibility {
-        UnknownAccessibility = -1,
-        NotAccessible = 0,
-        Accessible = 1
-    };
-QT_WARNING_PUSH
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
-    Q_ENUM(NetworkAccessibility)
-QT_WARNING_POP
-#endif
-
     explicit QNetworkAccessManager(QObject *parent = nullptr);
     ~QNetworkAccessManager();
 
@@ -148,18 +130,6 @@ QT_WARNING_POP
     QNetworkReply *sendCustomRequest(const QNetworkRequest &request, const QByteArray &verb, QHttpMultiPart *multiPart);
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT) // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_5_15 void setConfiguration(const QNetworkConfiguration &config);
-    QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_5_15 QNetworkConfiguration configuration() const;
-    QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_5_15 QNetworkConfiguration activeConfiguration() const;
-
-QT_WARNING_PUSH
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
-    QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_5_15 void setNetworkAccessible(NetworkAccessibility accessible);
-    QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_5_15 NetworkAccessibility networkAccessible() const;
-QT_WARNING_POP
-#endif
-
 #ifndef QT_NO_SSL
     void connectToHostEncrypted(const QString &hostName, quint16 port = 443,
                                 const QSslConfiguration &sslConfiguration = QSslConfiguration::defaultConfiguration());
@@ -190,19 +160,6 @@ Q_SIGNALS:
     void preSharedKeyAuthenticationRequired(QNetworkReply *reply, QSslPreSharedKeyAuthenticator *authenticator);
 #endif
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_5_15 void networkSessionConnected();
-
-#ifndef Q_MOC_RUN // moc has trouble with the expansion of these macros
-QT_WARNING_PUSH
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
-#endif
-    QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_5_15 void networkAccessibleChanged(QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility accessible);
-#ifndef Q_MOC_RUN // moc has trouble with the expansion of these macros
-QT_WARNING_POP
-#endif
-#endif
-
 protected:
     virtual QNetworkReply *createRequest(Operation op, const QNetworkRequest &request,
                                          QIODevice *outgoingData = nullptr);
@@ -222,12 +179,6 @@ private:
     Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(QNetworkAccessManager)
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_replySslErrors(QList<QSslError>))
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_replyPreSharedKeyAuthenticationRequired(QSslPreSharedKeyAuthenticator*))
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_networkSessionClosed())
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State))
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_configurationChanged(const QNetworkConfiguration &))
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_networkSessionFailed(QNetworkSession::SessionError))
-#endif
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_onlineStateChanged(bool))
 };
 
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h
index 7926463d56..e0f4d19d6f 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h
@@ -60,11 +60,7 @@
 #include "qhsts_p.h"
 #include "private/qobject_p.h"
 #include "QtNetwork/qnetworkproxy.h"
-#include "QtNetwork/qnetworksession.h"
 #include "qnetworkaccessauthenticationmanager_p.h"
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-#include "QtNetwork/qnetworkconfigmanager.h"
-#endif
 
 #if QT_CONFIG(settings)
 #include "qhstsstore_p.h"
@@ -87,33 +83,11 @@ public:
 #ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
           proxyFactory(nullptr),
 #endif
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-          lastSessionState(QNetworkSession::Invalid),
-          networkConfiguration(networkConfigurationManager.defaultConfiguration()),
-          customNetworkConfiguration(false),
-          networkSessionRequired(networkConfigurationManager.capabilities()
-                                 & QNetworkConfigurationManager::NetworkSessionRequired),
-          activeReplyCount(0),
-          online(false),
-          initializeSession(true),
-#endif
           cookieJarCreated(false),
           defaultAccessControl(true),
           redirectPolicy(QNetworkRequest::ManualRedirectPolicy),
           authenticationManager(QSharedPointer<QNetworkAccessAuthenticationManager>::create())
     {
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        // we would need all active configurations to check for
-        // d->networkConfigurationManager.isOnline(), which is asynchronous
-        // and potentially expensive. We can just check the configuration here
-        online = (networkConfiguration.state().testFlag(QNetworkConfiguration::Active));
-        if (online)
-            networkAccessible = QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible;
-        else if (networkConfiguration.state().testFlag(QNetworkConfiguration::Undefined))
-            networkAccessible = QNetworkAccessManager::UnknownAccessibility;
-        else
-            networkAccessible = QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible;
-#endif
     }
     ~QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate();
 
@@ -153,21 +127,6 @@ public:
     QStringList backendSupportedSchemes() const;
 
     void _q_onlineStateChanged(bool isOnline);
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    void createSession(const QNetworkConfiguration &config);
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> getNetworkSession() const;
-
-    void _q_networkSessionClosed();
-    void _q_networkSessionNewConfigurationActivated();
-    void _q_networkSessionPreferredConfigurationChanged(const QNetworkConfiguration &config,
-                                                        bool isSeamless);
-    void _q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State state);
-
-    void _q_configurationChanged(const QNetworkConfiguration &configuration);
-    void _q_networkSessionFailed(QNetworkSession::SessionError error);
-
-    QSet<QString> onlineConfigurations;
-#endif
 
 #if QT_CONFIG(http)
     QNetworkRequest prepareMultipart(const QNetworkRequest &request, QHttpMultiPart *multiPart);
@@ -186,23 +145,7 @@ public:
     QNetworkProxyFactory *proxyFactory;
 #endif
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSessionStrongRef;
-    QWeakPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSessionWeakRef;
-    QNetworkSession::State lastSessionState;
-    QNetworkConfigurationManager networkConfigurationManager;
-    QNetworkConfiguration networkConfiguration;
-    // we need to track whether the user set a config or not,
-    // because the default config might change
-    bool customNetworkConfiguration;
-    bool networkSessionRequired;
-    QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility networkAccessible;
-    int activeReplyCount;
-    bool online;
-    bool initializeSession;
-#else
     bool networkAccessible = true;
-#endif
 
     bool cookieJarCreated;
     bool defaultAccessControl;
@@ -231,9 +174,6 @@ public:
 
     int transferTimeout = 0;
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT static const QWeakPointer<const QNetworkSession> getNetworkSession(const QNetworkAccessManager *manager);
-#endif
     Q_DECLARE_PUBLIC(QNetworkAccessManager)
 };
 
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl.cpp
index bb65660ba8..d02b209d51 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl.cpp
@@ -164,21 +164,6 @@ static QHash<QByteArray, QByteArray> parseHttpOptionHeader(const QByteArray &hea
     }
 }
 
-#if QT_CONFIG(bearermanagement) // ### Qt6: Remove section
-static bool isSessionNeeded(const QUrl &url)
-{
-    if (QNetworkStatusMonitor::isEnabled()) {
-        // In case QNetworkStatus/QNetConManager are in business,
-        // no session, no bearer manager are involved.
-        return false;
-    }
-    // Connections to the local machine does not require a session
-    QString host = url.host().toLower();
-    return !QHostAddress(host).isLoopback() && host != QLatin1String("localhost")
-           && host != QSysInfo::machineHostName().toLower();
-}
-#endif // bearer management
-
 QNetworkReplyHttpImpl::QNetworkReplyHttpImpl(QNetworkAccessManager* const manager,
                                              const QNetworkRequest& request,
                                              QNetworkAccessManager::Operation& operation,
@@ -798,10 +783,6 @@ void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::postRequest(const QNetworkRequest &newHttpReq
     QHttpThreadDelegate *delegate = new QHttpThreadDelegate;
     // Propagate Http/2 settings:
     delegate->http2Parameters = request.http2Configuration();
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    if (!QNetworkStatusMonitor::isEnabled())
-        delegate->networkSession = managerPrivate->getNetworkSession();
-#endif
 
     // For the synchronous HTTP, this is the normal way the delegate gets deleted
     // For the asynchronous HTTP this is a safety measure, the delegate deletes itself when HTTP is finished
@@ -1206,24 +1187,6 @@ void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::followRedirect()
     if (managerPrivate->thread)
         managerPrivate->thread->disconnect();
 
-#if QT_CONFIG(bearermanagement) // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    // If the original request didn't need a session (i.e. it was to localhost)
-    // then we might not have a session open, to which to redirect, if the
-    // new URL is remote.  When this happens, we need to open the session now:
-    if (isSessionNeeded(url)) {
-        if (auto session = managerPrivate->getNetworkSession()) {
-            if (session->state() != QNetworkSession::State::Connected || !session->isOpen()) {
-                startWaitForSession(session);
-                // Need to set 'request' to the redirectRequest so that when QNAM restarts
-                // the request after the session starts it will not repeat the previous request.
-                request = redirectRequest;
-                // Return now, QNAM will start the request when the session has started.
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-#endif // bearer management
-
     QMetaObject::invokeMethod(q, "start", Qt::QueuedConnection,
                               Q_ARG(QNetworkRequest, redirectRequest));
 }
@@ -1782,68 +1745,9 @@ void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::setResumeOffset(quint64 offset)
 */
 bool QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::start(const QNetworkRequest &newHttpRequest)
 {
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession(managerPrivate->getNetworkSession());
-    if (!networkSession || QNetworkStatusMonitor::isEnabled()) {
-#endif
-        postRequest(newHttpRequest);
-        return true;
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    }
-
-    // This is not ideal.
-    if (!isSessionNeeded(url)) {
-        // Don't need to check for an open session if we don't need one.
-        postRequest(newHttpRequest);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    if (networkSession->isOpen() &&
-        networkSession->state() == QNetworkSession::Connected) {
-        Q_Q(QNetworkReplyHttpImpl);
-        QObject::connect(networkSession.data(), SIGNAL(usagePoliciesChanged(QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies)),
-                            q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionUsagePoliciesChanged(QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies)));
-        postRequest(newHttpRequest);
-        return true;
-    } else if (synchronous) {
-        // Command line applications using the synchronous path such as xmlpatterns may need an extra push.
-        networkSession->open();
-        if (networkSession->waitForOpened()) {
-            postRequest(newHttpRequest);
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-    return false;
-#endif
-}
-
-#if QT_CONFIG(bearermanagement) // ### Qt6: Remove section
-bool QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::startWaitForSession(QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> &session)
-{
-    Q_Q(QNetworkReplyHttpImpl);
-    state = WaitingForSession;
-
-    if (session) {
-        QObject::connect(session.data(), SIGNAL(error(QNetworkSession::SessionError)),
-                         q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionFailed()), Qt::QueuedConnection);
-
-        if (!session->isOpen()) {
-            QVariant isBackground = request.attribute(QNetworkRequest::BackgroundRequestAttribute,
-                                                      QVariant::fromValue(false));
-            session->setSessionProperty(QStringLiteral("ConnectInBackground"), isBackground);
-            session->open();
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-    const Qt::ConnectionType connection = synchronous ? Qt::DirectConnection : Qt::QueuedConnection;
-    qWarning("Backend is waiting for QNetworkSession to connect, but there is none!");
-    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(q, "_q_error", connection,
-        Q_ARG(QNetworkReply::NetworkError, QNetworkReply::NetworkSessionFailedError),
-        Q_ARG(QString, QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "Network session error.")));
-    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(q, "_q_finished", connection);
-    return false;
+    postRequest(newHttpRequest);
+    return true;
 }
-#endif // QT_CONFIG(bearermanagement)
 
 void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::_q_startOperation()
 {
@@ -1853,31 +1757,7 @@ void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::_q_startOperation()
 
     state = Working;
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    // Do not start background requests if they are not allowed by session policy
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> session(manager->d_func()->getNetworkSession());
-    QVariant isBackground = request.attribute(QNetworkRequest::BackgroundRequestAttribute, QVariant::fromValue(false));
-    if (isBackground.toBool() && session && session->usagePolicies().testFlag(QNetworkSession::NoBackgroundTrafficPolicy)) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(q, "_q_error", synchronous ? Qt::DirectConnection : Qt::QueuedConnection,
-            Q_ARG(QNetworkReply::NetworkError, QNetworkReply::BackgroundRequestNotAllowedError),
-            Q_ARG(QString, QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "Background request not allowed.")));
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(q, "_q_finished", synchronous ? Qt::DirectConnection : Qt::QueuedConnection);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (!start(request)) {
-        // backend failed to start because the session state is not Connected.
-        // QNetworkAccessManager will call reply->backend->start() again for us when the session
-        // state changes.
-        if (!startWaitForSession(session))
-            return;
-    } else if (session && !QNetworkStatusMonitor::isEnabled()) {
-        QObject::connect(session.data(), SIGNAL(stateChanged(QNetworkSession::State)),
-                         q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State)),
-                         Qt::QueuedConnection);
-    }
-#else
-    if (!start(request)) {
+    if (!start(request)) { // @todo next commit: cleanup, start now always returns true
         qWarning("Backend start failed");
         QMetaObject::invokeMethod(q, "_q_error", synchronous ? Qt::DirectConnection : Qt::QueuedConnection,
             Q_ARG(QNetworkReply::NetworkError, QNetworkReply::UnknownNetworkError),
@@ -1885,7 +1765,6 @@ void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::_q_startOperation()
         QMetaObject::invokeMethod(q, "_q_finished", synchronous ? Qt::DirectConnection : Qt::QueuedConnection);
         return;
     }
-#endif // QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
 
     setupTransferTimeout();
     if (synchronous) {
@@ -2049,80 +1928,6 @@ void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::setupTransferTimeout()
     }
 }
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::_q_networkSessionConnected()
-{
-    Q_Q(QNetworkReplyHttpImpl);
-    Q_ASSERT(managerPrivate);
-
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> session = managerPrivate->getNetworkSession();
-    if (!session)
-        return;
-
-    if (session->state() != QNetworkSession::Connected)
-        return;
-
-    switch (state) {
-    case QNetworkReplyPrivate::Buffering:
-    case QNetworkReplyPrivate::Working:
-    case QNetworkReplyPrivate::Reconnecting:
-        // Migrate existing downloads to new network connection.
-        migrateBackend();
-        break;
-    case QNetworkReplyPrivate::WaitingForSession:
-        // Start waiting requests.
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(q, "_q_startOperation", Qt::QueuedConnection);
-        break;
-    default:
-        ;
-    }
-}
-
-void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::_q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State sessionState)
-{
-    if (sessionState == QNetworkSession::Disconnected
-        && state != Idle && state != Reconnecting) {
-        error(QNetworkReplyImpl::NetworkSessionFailedError,
-              QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "Network session error."));
-        finished();
-    }
-}
-
-void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::_q_networkSessionFailed()
-{
-    // Abort waiting and working replies.
-    if (state == WaitingForSession || state == Working) {
-        state = Working;
-        QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> session(manager->d_func()->getNetworkSession());
-        QString errorStr;
-        if (session)
-            errorStr = session->errorString();
-        else
-            errorStr = QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "Network session error.");
-        error(QNetworkReplyImpl::NetworkSessionFailedError, errorStr);
-        finished();
-    }
-}
-
-void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::_q_networkSessionUsagePoliciesChanged(QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies newPolicies)
-{
-    if (request.attribute(QNetworkRequest::BackgroundRequestAttribute).toBool()) {
-        if (newPolicies & QNetworkSession::NoBackgroundTrafficPolicy) {
-            // Abort waiting and working replies.
-            if (state == WaitingForSession || state == Working) {
-                state = Working;
-                error(QNetworkReply::BackgroundRequestNotAllowedError,
-                    QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "Background request not allowed."));
-                finished();
-            }
-            // ### if canResume(), then we could resume automatically
-        }
-    }
-
-}
-#endif
-
-
 // need to have this function since the reply is a private member variable
 // and the special backends need to access this.
 void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::emitReplyUploadProgress(qint64 bytesSent, qint64 bytesTotal)
@@ -2185,28 +1990,6 @@ void QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate::finished()
     if (preMigrationDownloaded != Q_INT64_C(-1))
         totalSize = totalSize.toLongLong() + preMigrationDownloaded;
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    Q_ASSERT(managerPrivate);
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> session = managerPrivate->getNetworkSession();
-    if (!QNetworkStatusMonitor::isEnabled() && session && session->state() == QNetworkSession::Roaming &&
-        state == Working && errorCode != QNetworkReply::OperationCanceledError) {
-        // only content with a known size will fail with a temporary network failure error
-        if (!totalSize.isNull()) {
-            if (bytesDownloaded != totalSize) {
-                if (migrateBackend()) {
-                    // either we are migrating or the request is finished/aborted
-                    if (state == Reconnecting || state == WaitingForSession) {
-                        return; // exit early if we are migrating.
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    error(QNetworkReply::TemporaryNetworkFailureError,
-                            QNetworkReply::tr("Temporary network failure."));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-
     // if we don't know the total size of or we received everything save the cache
     if (totalSize.isNull() || totalSize == -1 || bytesDownloaded == totalSize)
         completeCacheSave();
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl_p.h b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl_p.h
index c4de63990b..eef4b13d12 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyhttpimpl_p.h
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
 #include <private/qhttpnetworkrequest_p.h>
 #include <private/qnetworkreply_p.h>
 #include <QtNetwork/QNetworkProxy>
-#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkSession> // ### Qt6: Remove include
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_SSL
 #include <QtNetwork/QSslConfiguration>
@@ -102,12 +101,6 @@ public:
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_bufferOutgoingData())
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_bufferOutgoingDataFinished())
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_transferTimedOut())
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_networkSessionConnected())
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_networkSessionFailed())
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State))
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_networkSessionUsagePoliciesChanged(QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies))
-#endif
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_finished())
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_error(QNetworkReply::NetworkError, const QString &))
 
@@ -162,10 +155,6 @@ signals:
 
 class QNetworkReplyHttpImplPrivate: public QNetworkReplyPrivate
 {
-#if QT_CONFIG(bearermanagement) // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    bool startWaitForSession(QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> &session);
-#endif
-
 public:
 
     static QHttpNetworkRequest::Priority convert(const QNetworkRequest::Priority& prio);
@@ -186,12 +175,6 @@ public:
     void _q_transferTimedOut();
     void setupTransferTimeout();
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    void _q_networkSessionConnected();
-    void _q_networkSessionFailed();
-    void _q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State);
-    void _q_networkSessionUsagePoliciesChanged(QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies);
-#endif
     void _q_finished();
 
     void finished();
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyimpl.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyimpl.cpp
index a0b4ace470..b0674823f7 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyimpl.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include "QtCore/qcoreapplication.h"
 #include "QtCore/qdatetime.h"
 #include "QtNetwork/qsslconfiguration.h"
-#include "QtNetwork/qnetworksession.h" // ### Qt6: Remove include
 #include "qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
@@ -81,6 +80,7 @@ void QNetworkReplyImplPrivate::_q_startOperation()
     // note: if that method is called directly, it cannot happen that the backend is 0,
     // because we just checked via a qobject_cast that we got a http backend (see
     // QNetworkReplyImplPrivate::setup())
+    qDebug() << "backend:" << backend; // @temp
     if (!backend) {
         error(QNetworkReplyImpl::ProtocolUnknownError,
               QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "Protocol \"%1\" is unknown").arg(url.scheme())); // not really true!;
@@ -88,66 +88,15 @@ void QNetworkReplyImplPrivate::_q_startOperation()
         return;
     }
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    Q_Q(QNetworkReplyImpl);
-    // Do not start background requests if they are not allowed by session policy
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> session(manager->d_func()->getNetworkSession());
-    QVariant isBackground = backend->request().attribute(QNetworkRequest::BackgroundRequestAttribute, QVariant::fromValue(false));
-    if (isBackground.toBool() && session && session->usagePolicies().testFlag(QNetworkSession::NoBackgroundTrafficPolicy)) {
-        error(QNetworkReply::BackgroundRequestNotAllowedError,
-            QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "Background request not allowed."));
-        finished();
-        return;
-    }
-#endif
-
     if (!backend->start()) {
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        // backend failed to start because the session state is not Connected.
-        // QNetworkAccessManager will call _q_startOperation again for us when the session
-        // state changes.
-        state = WaitingForSession;
-
-        if (session) {
-            QObject::connect(session.data(), SIGNAL(error(QNetworkSession::SessionError)),
-                             q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionFailed()));
-
-            if (!session->isOpen()) {
-                session->setSessionProperty(QStringLiteral("ConnectInBackground"), isBackground);
-                session->open();
-            }
-        } else {
-            qWarning("Backend is waiting for QNetworkSession to connect, but there is none!");
-            state = Working;
-            error(QNetworkReplyImpl::NetworkSessionFailedError,
-                  QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "Network session error."));
-            finished();
-        }
-#else
         qWarning("Backend start failed");
         state = Working;
         error(QNetworkReplyImpl::UnknownNetworkError,
               QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "backend start error."));
         finished();
-#endif
         return;
-    } else {
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        if (session) {
-            QObject::connect(session.data(), SIGNAL(stateChanged(QNetworkSession::State)),
-                             q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State)), Qt::QueuedConnection);
-        }
-#endif
     }
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    if (session) {
-        //get notification of policy changes.
-        QObject::connect(session.data(), SIGNAL(usagePoliciesChanged(QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies)),
-                    q, SLOT(_q_networkSessionUsagePoliciesChanged(QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies)));
-    }
-#endif
-
     // Prepare timer for progress notifications
     downloadProgressSignalChoke.start();
     uploadProgressSignalChoke.invalidate();
@@ -287,80 +236,6 @@ void QNetworkReplyImplPrivate::_q_bufferOutgoingData()
     }
 }
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-void QNetworkReplyImplPrivate::_q_networkSessionConnected()
-{
-    Q_Q(QNetworkReplyImpl);
-
-    if (manager.isNull())
-        return;
-
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> session = manager->d_func()->getNetworkSession();
-    if (!session)
-        return;
-
-    if (session->state() != QNetworkSession::Connected)
-        return;
-
-    switch (state) {
-    case QNetworkReplyPrivate::Buffering:
-    case QNetworkReplyPrivate::Working:
-    case QNetworkReplyPrivate::Reconnecting:
-        // Migrate existing downloads to new network connection.
-        migrateBackend();
-        break;
-    case QNetworkReplyPrivate::WaitingForSession:
-        // Start waiting requests.
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(q, "_q_startOperation", Qt::QueuedConnection);
-        break;
-    default:
-        ;
-    }
-}
-
-void QNetworkReplyImplPrivate::_q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State sessionState)
-{
-    if (sessionState == QNetworkSession::Disconnected
-        && state != Idle && state != Reconnecting) {
-        error(QNetworkReplyImpl::NetworkSessionFailedError,
-              QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "Network session error."));
-        finished();
-    }
-}
-
-void QNetworkReplyImplPrivate::_q_networkSessionFailed()
-{
-    // Abort waiting and working replies.
-    if (state == WaitingForSession || state == Working) {
-        state = Working;
-        QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> session(manager->d_func()->getNetworkSession());
-        QString errorStr;
-        if (session)
-            errorStr = session->errorString();
-        else
-            errorStr = QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "Network session error.");
-        error(QNetworkReplyImpl::NetworkSessionFailedError, errorStr);
-        finished();
-    }
-}
-
-void QNetworkReplyImplPrivate::_q_networkSessionUsagePoliciesChanged(QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies newPolicies)
-{
-    if (backend->request().attribute(QNetworkRequest::BackgroundRequestAttribute).toBool()) {
-        if (newPolicies & QNetworkSession::NoBackgroundTrafficPolicy) {
-            // Abort waiting and working replies.
-            if (state == WaitingForSession || state == Working) {
-                state = Working;
-                error(QNetworkReply::BackgroundRequestNotAllowedError,
-                    QCoreApplication::translate("QNetworkReply", "Background request not allowed."));
-                finished();
-            }
-            // ### if backend->canResume(), then we could resume automatically, however no backend supports resuming
-        }
-    }
-}
-#endif
-
 void QNetworkReplyImplPrivate::setup(QNetworkAccessManager::Operation op, const QNetworkRequest &req,
                                      QIODevice *data)
 {
@@ -786,29 +661,6 @@ void QNetworkReplyImplPrivate::finished()
     if (preMigrationDownloaded != Q_INT64_C(-1))
         totalSize = totalSize.toLongLong() + preMigrationDownloaded;
 
-    if (!manager.isNull()) {
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> session (manager->d_func()->getNetworkSession());
-        if (session && session->state() == QNetworkSession::Roaming &&
-            state == Working && errorCode != QNetworkReply::OperationCanceledError) {
-            // only content with a known size will fail with a temporary network failure error
-            if (!totalSize.isNull()) {
-                if (bytesDownloaded != totalSize) {
-                    if (migrateBackend()) {
-                        // either we are migrating or the request is finished/aborted
-                        if (state == Reconnecting || state == WaitingForSession) {
-                            resumeNotificationHandling();
-                            return; // exit early if we are migrating.
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        error(QNetworkReply::TemporaryNetworkFailureError,
-                              QNetworkReply::tr("Temporary network failure."));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-#endif
-    }
     resumeNotificationHandling();
 
     state = Finished;
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyimpl_p.h b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyimpl_p.h
index f98f773775..6a100d9a03 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyimpl_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkreplyimpl_p.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 #include "private/qringbuffer_p.h"
 #include "private/qbytedata_p.h"
 #include <QSharedPointer>
-#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkSession> // ### Qt6: Remove include
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -92,12 +91,6 @@ public:
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_copyReadChannelFinished())
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_bufferOutgoingData())
     Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_bufferOutgoingDataFinished())
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_networkSessionConnected())
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_networkSessionFailed())
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State))
-    Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void _q_networkSessionUsagePoliciesChanged(QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies))
-#endif
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_SSL
 protected:
@@ -124,12 +117,6 @@ public:
     void _q_copyReadChannelFinished();
     void _q_bufferOutgoingData();
     void _q_bufferOutgoingDataFinished();
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    void _q_networkSessionConnected();
-    void _q_networkSessionFailed();
-    void _q_networkSessionStateChanged(QNetworkSession::State);
-    void _q_networkSessionUsagePoliciesChanged(QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies);
-#endif
 
     void setup(QNetworkAccessManager::Operation op, const QNetworkRequest &request,
                QIODevice *outgoingData);
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp
index 3cabdd0bd5..75f81a0037 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp
@@ -241,10 +241,6 @@
 #include "qstringlist.h"
 #include "qurl.h"
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkConfiguration>
-#endif
-
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 class QSocks5SocketEngineHandler;
@@ -1128,73 +1124,6 @@ QNetworkProxyQuery::QNetworkProxyQuery(quint16 bindPort, const QString &protocol
     d->type = queryType;
 }
 
-#if !defined(QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT) && QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 10)
-/*!
-    \deprecated
-
-    Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery with the URL \a requestUrl and
-    sets the query type to \a queryType. The specified \a networkConfiguration
-    parameter is ignored.
-
-    \sa protocolTag(), peerHostName(), peerPort(), networkConfiguration()
-*/
-QNetworkProxyQuery::QNetworkProxyQuery(const QNetworkConfiguration &networkConfiguration,
-                                       const QUrl &requestUrl, QueryType queryType)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(networkConfiguration)
-    d->remote = requestUrl;
-    d->type = queryType;
-}
-
-/*!
-    \deprecated
-
-    Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery of type \a queryType and sets the
-    protocol tag to be \a protocolTag. This constructor is suitable
-    for QNetworkProxyQuery::TcpSocket queries, because it sets the
-    peer hostname to \a hostname and the peer's port number to \a
-    port. The specified \a networkConfiguration parameter is ignored.
-
-    \sa networkConfiguration()
-*/
-QNetworkProxyQuery::QNetworkProxyQuery(const QNetworkConfiguration &networkConfiguration,
-                                       const QString &hostname, int port,
-                                       const QString &protocolTag,
-                                       QueryType queryType)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(networkConfiguration);
-    d->remote.setScheme(protocolTag);
-    d->remote.setHost(hostname);
-    d->remote.setPort(port);
-    d->type = queryType;
-}
-
-/*!
-    \deprecated
-
-    Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery of type \a queryType and sets the
-    protocol tag to be \a protocolTag. This constructor is suitable
-    for QNetworkProxyQuery::TcpSocket queries because it sets the
-    local port number to \a bindPort. The specified \a networkConfiguration
-    parameter is ignored.
-
-    Note that \a bindPort is of type quint16 to indicate the exact
-    port number that is requested. The value of -1 (unknown) is not
-    allowed in this context.
-
-    \sa localPort(), networkConfiguration()
-*/
-QNetworkProxyQuery::QNetworkProxyQuery(const QNetworkConfiguration &networkConfiguration,
-                                       quint16 bindPort, const QString &protocolTag,
-                                       QueryType queryType)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(networkConfiguration);
-    d->remote.setScheme(protocolTag);
-    d->localPort = bindPort;
-    d->type = queryType;
-}
-#endif // !defined(QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT) && QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 10)
-
 /*!
     Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery object that is a copy of \a other.
 */
@@ -1417,33 +1346,6 @@ void QNetworkProxyQuery::setUrl(const QUrl &url)
     d->remote = url;
 }
 
-#if !defined(QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT) && QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 10)
-/*!
-    \deprecated
-
-    Returns QNetworkConfiguration().
-
-    \sa setNetworkConfiguration()
-*/
-QNetworkConfiguration QNetworkProxyQuery::networkConfiguration() const
-{
-    return QNetworkConfiguration();
-}
-
-/*!
-    \deprecated
-
-    This function does nothing. The specified \a networkConfiguration parameter
-    is ignored.
-
-    \sa networkConfiguration()
-*/
-void QNetworkProxyQuery::setNetworkConfiguration(const QNetworkConfiguration &networkConfiguration)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(networkConfiguration);
-}
-#endif // !defined(QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT) && QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 10)
-
 /*!
     \class QNetworkProxyFactory
     \brief The QNetworkProxyFactory class provides fine-grained proxy selection.
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.h b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.h
index d267e744e3..c3523f8847 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.h
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.h
@@ -75,22 +75,6 @@ public:
                        QueryType queryType = TcpSocket);
     explicit QNetworkProxyQuery(quint16 bindPort, const QString &protocolTag = QString(),
                        QueryType queryType = TcpServer);
-#if !defined(QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT) && QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 10)
-QT_WARNING_PUSH
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
-    Q_DECL_DEPRECATED_X("QNetworkConfiguration support in QNetworkProxy is deprecated")
-    QNetworkProxyQuery(const QNetworkConfiguration &networkConfiguration,
-                       const QUrl &requestUrl, QueryType queryType = UrlRequest);
-    Q_DECL_DEPRECATED_X("QNetworkConfiguration support in QNetworkProxy is deprecated")
-    QNetworkProxyQuery(const QNetworkConfiguration &networkConfiguration,
-                       const QString &hostname, int port, const QString &protocolTag = QString(),
-                       QueryType queryType = TcpSocket);
-    Q_DECL_DEPRECATED_X("QNetworkConfiguration support in QNetworkProxy is deprecated")
-    QNetworkProxyQuery(const QNetworkConfiguration &networkConfiguration,
-                       quint16 bindPort, const QString &protocolTag = QString(),
-                       QueryType queryType = TcpServer);
-QT_WARNING_POP
-#endif
     QNetworkProxyQuery(const QNetworkProxyQuery &other);
     QNetworkProxyQuery &operator=(QNetworkProxyQuery &&other) noexcept { swap(other); return *this; }
     QNetworkProxyQuery &operator=(const QNetworkProxyQuery &other);
@@ -120,16 +104,6 @@ QT_WARNING_POP
     QUrl url() const;
     void setUrl(const QUrl &url);
 
-#if !defined(QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT) && QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 10)
-QT_WARNING_PUSH
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
-    Q_DECL_DEPRECATED_X("QNetworkConfiguration support in QNetworkProxy is deprecated")
-    QNetworkConfiguration networkConfiguration() const;
-    Q_DECL_DEPRECATED_X("QNetworkConfiguration support in QNetworkProxy is deprecated")
-    void setNetworkConfiguration(const QNetworkConfiguration &networkConfiguration);
-QT_WARNING_POP
-#endif
-
 private:
     QSharedDataPointer<QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate> d;
 };
diff --git a/src/network/socket/qabstractsocket.cpp b/src/network/socket/qabstractsocket.cpp
index fa85f48ad5..bbaaf5e609 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qabstractsocket.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qabstractsocket.cpp
@@ -475,10 +475,6 @@
 #include "qabstractsocket_p.h"
 
 #include "private/qhostinfo_p.h"
-#if QT_CONFIG(bearermanagement) // ### Qt6: Remove section
-#include "private/qnetworksession_p.h"
-#endif
-#include "private/qnetworkconfiguration_p.h" // ### Qt6: Remove include
 
 #include <qabstracteventdispatcher.h>
 #include <qhostaddress.h>
@@ -514,6 +510,8 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
+static const int DefaultConnectTimeout = 30000;
+
 #if defined QABSTRACTSOCKET_DEBUG
 QT_BEGIN_INCLUDE_NAMESPACE
 #include <qstring.h>
@@ -657,10 +655,6 @@ bool QAbstractSocketPrivate::initSocketLayer(QAbstractSocket::NetworkLayerProtoc
                  QAbstractSocket::tr("Operation on socket is not supported"));
         return false;
     }
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    //copy network session down to the socket engine (if it has been set)
-    socketEngine->setProperty("_q_networksession", q->property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
     if (!socketEngine->initialize(q->socketType(), protocol)) {
 #if defined (QABSTRACTSOCKET_DEBUG)
         qDebug("QAbstractSocketPrivate::initSocketLayer(%s, %s) failed (%s)",
@@ -1159,14 +1153,7 @@ void QAbstractSocketPrivate::_q_connectToNextAddress()
                                  q, SLOT(_q_abortConnectionAttempt()),
                                  Qt::DirectConnection);
             }
-            int connectTimeout = QNetworkConfigurationPrivate::DefaultTimeout;
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-            QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession = qvariant_cast< QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> >(q->property("_q_networksession"));
-            if (networkSession) {
-                QNetworkConfiguration networkConfiguration = networkSession->configuration();
-                connectTimeout = networkConfiguration.connectTimeout();
-            }
-#endif
+            int connectTimeout = DefaultConnectTimeout;
             connectTimer->start(connectTimeout);
         }
 
@@ -1953,10 +1940,6 @@ bool QAbstractSocket::setSocketDescriptor(qintptr socketDescriptor, SocketState
         d->setError(UnsupportedSocketOperationError, tr("Operation on socket is not supported"));
         return false;
     }
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    //copy network session down to the socket engine (if it has been set)
-    d->socketEngine->setProperty("_q_networksession", property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
     bool result = d->socketEngine->initialize(socketDescriptor, socketState);
     if (!result) {
         d->setError(d->socketEngine->error(), d->socketEngine->errorString());
@@ -2146,10 +2129,6 @@ bool QAbstractSocket::waitForConnected(int msecs)
     QElapsedTimer stopWatch;
     stopWatch.start();
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession = qvariant_cast< QSharedPointer<QNetworkSession> >(property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
-
     if (d->state == HostLookupState) {
 #if defined (QABSTRACTSOCKET_DEBUG)
         qDebug("QAbstractSocket::waitForConnected(%i) doing host name lookup", msecs);
@@ -2168,13 +2147,7 @@ bool QAbstractSocket::waitForConnected(int msecs)
     if (state() == UnconnectedState)
         return false; // connect not im progress anymore!
 
-    int connectTimeout = QNetworkConfigurationPrivate::DefaultTimeout;
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    if (networkSession) {
-        QNetworkConfiguration networkConfiguration = networkSession->configuration();
-        connectTimeout = networkConfiguration.connectTimeout();
-    }
-#endif
+    int connectTimeout = DefaultConnectTimeout;
     bool timedOut = true;
 #if defined (QABSTRACTSOCKET_DEBUG)
     int attempt = 1;
diff --git a/src/network/socket/qhttpsocketengine.cpp b/src/network/socket/qhttpsocketengine.cpp
index 9b0460b184..a23e2d3071 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qhttpsocketengine.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qhttpsocketengine.cpp
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ bool QHttpSocketEngine::initialize(QAbstractSocket::SocketType type, QAbstractSo
     setSocketType(type);
     d->socket = new QTcpSocket(this);
     d->reply = new QHttpNetworkReply(QUrl(), this);
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    d->socket->setProperty("_q_networkSession", property("_q_networkSession"));
-#endif
 
     // Explicitly disable proxying on the proxy socket itself to avoid
     // unwanted recursion.
diff --git a/src/network/socket/qsocks5socketengine.cpp b/src/network/socket/qsocks5socketengine.cpp
index 6a9979a675..b1b5621b2a 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qsocks5socketengine.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qsocks5socketengine.cpp
@@ -535,9 +535,6 @@ void QSocks5SocketEnginePrivate::initialize(Socks5Mode socks5Mode)
         udpData = new QSocks5UdpAssociateData;
         data = udpData;
         udpData->udpSocket = new QUdpSocket(q);
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-        udpData->udpSocket->setProperty("_q_networksession", q->property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
         udpData->udpSocket->setProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy);
         QObject::connect(udpData->udpSocket, SIGNAL(readyRead()),
                          q, SLOT(_q_udpSocketReadNotification()),
@@ -549,9 +546,6 @@ void QSocks5SocketEnginePrivate::initialize(Socks5Mode socks5Mode)
     }
 
     data->controlSocket = new QTcpSocket(q);
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    data->controlSocket->setProperty("_q_networksession", q->property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
     data->controlSocket->setProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy);
     QObject::connect(data->controlSocket, SIGNAL(connected()), q, SLOT(_q_controlSocketConnected()),
                      Qt::DirectConnection);
diff --git a/src/network/socket/qtcpserver.cpp b/src/network/socket/qtcpserver.cpp
index c23b143de3..a404350d98 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qtcpserver.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qtcpserver.cpp
@@ -314,10 +314,6 @@ bool QTcpServer::listen(const QHostAddress &address, quint16 port)
         d->serverSocketErrorString = tr("Operation on socket is not supported");
         return false;
     }
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    //copy network session down to the socket engine (if it has been set)
-    d->socketEngine->setProperty("_q_networksession", property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
     if (!d->socketEngine->initialize(d->socketType, proto)) {
         d->serverSocketError = d->socketEngine->error();
         d->serverSocketErrorString = d->socketEngine->errorString();
@@ -436,10 +432,6 @@ bool QTcpServer::setSocketDescriptor(qintptr socketDescriptor)
         d->serverSocketErrorString = tr("Operation on socket is not supported");
         return false;
     }
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    //copy network session down to the socket engine (if it has been set)
-    d->socketEngine->setProperty("_q_networksession", property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
     if (!d->socketEngine->initialize(socketDescriptor, QAbstractSocket::ListeningState)) {
         d->serverSocketError = d->socketEngine->error();
         d->serverSocketErrorString = d->socketEngine->errorString();
diff --git a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp
index b0a5204844..c455f70d55 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp
+++ b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp
@@ -2586,10 +2586,6 @@ void QSslSocketPrivate::createPlainSocket(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
     q->setPeerName(QString());
 
     plainSocket = new QTcpSocket(q);
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    //copy network session down to the plain socket (if it has been set)
-    plainSocket->setProperty("_q_networksession", q->property("_q_networksession"));
-#endif
     q->connect(plainSocket, SIGNAL(connected()),
                q, SLOT(_q_connectedSlot()),
                Qt::DirectConnection);
diff --git a/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager/tst_qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp b/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager/tst_qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp
index b5ded86d58..78919e8af6 100644
--- a/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager/tst_qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkaccessmanager/tst_qnetworkaccessmanager.cpp
@@ -30,16 +30,9 @@
 
 #include <QtNetwork/QNetworkAccessManager>
 #include <QtNetwork/QNetworkReply>
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkConfigurationManager>
-#endif
 
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility)
-#endif
-
 class tst_QNetworkAccessManager : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -48,7 +41,6 @@ public:
     tst_QNetworkAccessManager();
 
 private slots:
-    void networkAccessible();
     void alwaysCacheRequest();
 };
 
@@ -56,77 +48,6 @@ tst_QNetworkAccessManager::tst_QNetworkAccessManager()
 {
 }
 
-void tst_QNetworkAccessManager::networkAccessible()
-{
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT // ### Qt6: Remove section
-    QNetworkAccessManager manager;
-
-    qRegisterMetaType<QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility>("QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility");
-
-    QSignalSpy spy(&manager,
-                   SIGNAL(networkAccessibleChanged(QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility)));
-
-    // if there is no session, we cannot know in which state we are in
-    QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility initialAccessibility =
-            manager.networkAccessible();
-
-    if (initialAccessibility == QNetworkAccessManager::UnknownAccessibility)
-          QSKIP("Unknown accessibility", SkipAll);
-
-    QCOMPARE(manager.networkAccessible(), initialAccessibility);
-
-    manager.setNetworkAccessible(QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible);
-
-    int expectedCount = (initialAccessibility == QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible) ? 1 : 0;
-    QCOMPARE(spy.count(), expectedCount);
-    if (expectedCount > 0)
-        QCOMPARE(spy.takeFirst().at(0).value<QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility>(),
-                 QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible);
-    QCOMPARE(manager.networkAccessible(), QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible);
-
-    // When network is not accessible, all requests fail
-    QNetworkReply *reply = manager.get(QNetworkRequest(QUrl("http://www.example.org")));
-    QSignalSpy finishedSpy(reply, &QNetworkReply::finished);
-    QSignalSpy errorSpy(reply, &QNetworkReply::errorOccurred);
-    QVERIFY(finishedSpy.wait());
-    QCOMPARE(reply->isFinished(), true);
-    QCOMPARE(reply->errorString(), QStringLiteral("Network access is disabled."));
-    QCOMPARE(errorSpy.count(), 1);
-
-    manager.setNetworkAccessible(QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible);
-
-    QCOMPARE(spy.count(), expectedCount);
-    if (expectedCount > 0)
-        QCOMPARE(spy.takeFirst().at(0).value<QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility>(),
-                 initialAccessibility);
-    QCOMPARE(manager.networkAccessible(), initialAccessibility);
-
-    QNetworkConfigurationManager configManager;
-    QNetworkConfiguration defaultConfig = configManager.defaultConfiguration();
-    if (defaultConfig.isValid()) {
-        manager.setConfiguration(defaultConfig);
-
-        QCOMPARE(spy.count(), 0);
-
-        if (defaultConfig.state().testFlag(QNetworkConfiguration::Active))
-            QCOMPARE(manager.networkAccessible(), QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible);
-        else
-            QCOMPARE(manager.networkAccessible(), QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible);
-
-        manager.setNetworkAccessible(QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible);
-
-        if (defaultConfig.state().testFlag(QNetworkConfiguration::Active)) {
-            QCOMPARE(spy.count(), 1);
-            QCOMPARE(QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility(spy.takeFirst().at(0).toInt()),
-                     QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible);
-        } else {
-            QCOMPARE(spy.count(), 0);
-        }
-    }
-    QCOMPARE(manager.networkAccessible(), QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible);
-#endif
-}
-
 void tst_QNetworkAccessManager::alwaysCacheRequest()
 {
     QNetworkAccessManager manager;
diff --git a/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkreply/tst_qnetworkreply.cpp b/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkreply/tst_qnetworkreply.cpp
index e26700071b..915926e488 100644
--- a/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkreply/tst_qnetworkreply.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkreply/tst_qnetworkreply.cpp
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@
 #include <QtNetwork/private/qsslconfiguration_p.h>
 #endif
 #endif
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-#include <QtNetwork/qnetworkconfigmanager.h>
-#include <QtNetwork/qnetworkconfiguration.h>
-#include <QtNetwork/qnetworksession.h>
-#include <QtNetwork/private/qnetworksession_p.h>
-#endif
 #ifdef QT_BUILD_INTERNAL
 #include <QtNetwork/private/qnetworkreplyimpl_p.h> // implicitly included by qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h currently, but don't rely on that being true forever
 #include <QtNetwork/private/qnetworkaccessmanager_p.h>
@@ -161,11 +155,6 @@ class tst_QNetworkReply: public QObject
     QList<QSslError> storedExpectedSslErrors;
     static const QString certsFilePath;
 #endif
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-    QNetworkConfigurationManager *netConfMan;
-    QNetworkConfiguration networkConfiguration;
-    QScopedPointer<QNetworkSession> networkSession;
-#endif
 
     using QObject::connect;
     static bool connect(const QNetworkReplyPtr &ptr, const char *signal, const QObject *receiver, const char *slot, Qt::ConnectionType ct = Qt::AutoConnection)
@@ -481,15 +470,6 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 
     void emitErrorForAllReplies(); // QTBUG-36890
 
-#ifdef QT_BUILD_INTERNAL
-    void backgroundRequest_data();
-    void backgroundRequest();
-    void backgroundRequestInterruption_data();
-    void backgroundRequestInterruption();
-    void backgroundRequestConnectInBackground_data();
-    void backgroundRequestConnectInBackground();
-#endif
-
     void putWithRateLimiting();
 
     void ioHttpSingleRedirect();
@@ -1576,15 +1556,6 @@ void tst_QNetworkReply::initTestCase()
 #ifndef QT_NO_SSL
     QSslConfiguration::defaultConfiguration().caCertificates(); //preload certificates
 #endif
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-    netConfMan = new QNetworkConfigurationManager(this);
-    networkConfiguration = netConfMan->defaultConfiguration();
-    networkSession.reset(new QNetworkSession(networkConfiguration));
-    if (!networkSession->isOpen()) {
-        networkSession->open();
-        QVERIFY(networkSession->waitForOpened(30000));
-    }
-#endif
 
     echoProcessDir = QFINDTESTDATA("echo");
     QVERIFY2(!echoProcessDir.isEmpty(), qPrintable(
@@ -1599,11 +1570,6 @@ void tst_QNetworkReply::cleanupTestCase()
     if (!wronlyFileName.isNull())
         QFile::remove(wronlyFileName);
 #endif
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-    if (networkSession && networkSession->isOpen()) {
-        networkSession->close();
-    }
-#endif
 }
 
 void tst_QNetworkReply::cleanupTestData()
@@ -5931,11 +5897,6 @@ void tst_QNetworkReply::httpProxyCommands()
     QNetworkRequest request(url);
     request.setRawHeader("User-Agent", "QNetworkReplyAutoTest/1.0");
     QNetworkReplyPtr reply(manager.get(request));
-    //clearing the proxy here causes the test to fail.
-    //the proxy isn't used until after the bearer has been started
-    //which is correct in general, because system proxy isn't known until that time.
-    //removing this line is safe, as the proxy is also reset by the cleanup() function
-    //manager.setProxy(QNetworkProxy());
 
     // wait for the finished signal
     QVERIFY(waitForFinish(reply) != Timeout);
@@ -7028,38 +6989,7 @@ void tst_QNetworkReply::getFromUnreachableIp()
     // NOERROR; so socket engine starts a timer (30 s.) and waits for a timeout/
     // error/success. Unfortunately, the test itself is waiting only for 5 s.
     // So we have to adjust the connection timeout or skip the test completely
-    // if the 'bearermanagement' feature is not available.
-#if QT_CONFIG(bearermanagement)
-    class ConfigurationGuard
-    {
-    public:
-        explicit ConfigurationGuard(QNetworkAccessManager *m)
-            : manager(m)
-        {
-            Q_ASSERT(m);
-            auto conf = manager->configuration();
-            previousTimeout = conf.connectTimeout();
-            conf.setConnectTimeout(1500);
-            manager->setConfiguration(conf);
-        }
-        ~ConfigurationGuard()
-        {
-            Q_ASSERT(manager);
-            auto conf = manager->configuration();
-            conf.setConnectTimeout(previousTimeout);
-            manager->setConfiguration(conf);
-        }
-    private:
-        QNetworkAccessManager *manager = nullptr;
-        int previousTimeout = 0;
-
-        Q_DISABLE_COPY(ConfigurationGuard)
-    };
-
-    const ConfigurationGuard restorer(&manager);
-#else // bearermanagement
     QSKIP("This test is non-deterministic on Windows x86");
-#endif // !bearermanagement
 #endif // Q_OS_WIN
 
     QNetworkRequest request(QUrl("http://255.255.255.255/42/23/narf/narf/narf"));
@@ -8136,233 +8066,6 @@ void tst_QNetworkReply::emitErrorForAllReplies() // QTBUG-36890
     }
 }
 
-#ifdef QT_BUILD_INTERNAL
-void tst_QNetworkReply::backgroundRequest_data()
-{
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-    QTest::addColumn<QUrl>("url");
-    QTest::addColumn<bool>("background");
-    QTest::addColumn<int>("policy");
-    QTest::addColumn<QNetworkReply::NetworkError>("error");
-
-    QUrl httpurl("http://" + QtNetworkSettings::httpServerName());
-    QUrl httpsurl("https://" + QtNetworkSettings::httpServerName());
-#if QT_CONFIG(ftp)
-    QUrl ftpurl("ftp://" + QtNetworkSettings::ftpServerName() + "/qtest/rfc3252.txt");
-#endif
-
-    QTest::newRow("http, fg, normal") << httpurl << false << (int)QNetworkSession::NoPolicy << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("http, bg, normal") << httpurl << true << (int)QNetworkSession::NoPolicy << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("http, fg, nobg") << httpurl << false << (int)QNetworkSession::NoBackgroundTrafficPolicy << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("http, bg, nobg") << httpurl << true << (int)QNetworkSession::NoBackgroundTrafficPolicy << QNetworkReply::BackgroundRequestNotAllowedError;
-
-#ifndef QT_NO_SSL
-    QTest::newRow("https, fg, normal") << httpsurl << false << (int)QNetworkSession::NoPolicy << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("https, bg, normal") << httpsurl << true << (int)QNetworkSession::NoPolicy << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("https, fg, nobg") << httpsurl << false << (int)QNetworkSession::NoBackgroundTrafficPolicy << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("https, bg, nobg") << httpsurl << true << (int)QNetworkSession::NoBackgroundTrafficPolicy << QNetworkReply::BackgroundRequestNotAllowedError;
-#endif
-
-#if QT_CONFIG(ftp)
-    QTest::newRow("ftp, fg, normal") << ftpurl << false << (int)QNetworkSession::NoPolicy << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("ftp, bg, normal") << ftpurl << true << (int)QNetworkSession::NoPolicy << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("ftp, fg, nobg") << ftpurl << false << (int)QNetworkSession::NoBackgroundTrafficPolicy << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("ftp, bg, nobg") << ftpurl << true << (int)QNetworkSession::NoBackgroundTrafficPolicy << QNetworkReply::BackgroundRequestNotAllowedError;
-#endif
-#endif // !QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-}
-#endif
-
-//test purpose: background requests can't be started when not allowed
-#ifdef QT_BUILD_INTERNAL
-void tst_QNetworkReply::backgroundRequest()
-{
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-    QFETCH(QUrl, url);
-    QFETCH(bool, background);
-    QFETCH(int, policy);
-    QFETCH(QNetworkReply::NetworkError, error);
-
-    QNetworkRequest request(url);
-
-    if (background)
-        request.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::BackgroundRequestAttribute, QVariant::fromValue(true));
-
-    //this preconstructs the session so we can change policies in advance
-    manager.setConfiguration(networkConfiguration);
-
-#ifndef QT_NO_SSL
-    connect(&manager, SIGNAL(sslErrors(QNetworkReply*,QList<QSslError>)),
-        SLOT(sslErrors(QNetworkReply*,QList<QSslError>)));
-#endif
-
-    const QWeakPointer<const QNetworkSession> sessionWeakPtr = QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::getNetworkSession(&manager);
-    QVERIFY(!sessionWeakPtr.isNull());
-    auto session = const_cast<QNetworkSession *>(sessionWeakPtr.toStrongRef().data());
-    QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies original = session->usagePolicies();
-    QNetworkSessionPrivate::setUsagePolicies(*session, QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies(policy));
-
-    QNetworkReplyPtr reply(manager.get(request));
-
-    QVERIFY(waitForFinish(reply) != Timeout);
-    if (session)
-        QNetworkSessionPrivate::setUsagePolicies(*session, original);
-
-    QVERIFY(reply->isFinished());
-    QCOMPARE(reply->error(), error);
-#endif
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef QT_BUILD_INTERNAL
-void tst_QNetworkReply::backgroundRequestInterruption_data()
-{
-    QTest::addColumn<QUrl>("url");
-    QTest::addColumn<bool>("background");
-    QTest::addColumn<QNetworkReply::NetworkError>("error");
-
-    QUrl httpurl("http://" + QtNetworkSettings::httpServerName() + "/qtest/mediumfile");
-    QUrl httpsurl("https://" + QtNetworkSettings::httpServerName() + "/qtest/mediumfile");
-#if QT_CONFIG(ftp)
-    QUrl ftpurl("ftp://" + QtNetworkSettings::ftpServerName() + "/qtest/bigfile");
-#endif
-
-    QTest::newRow("http, fg, nobg") << httpurl << false << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("http, bg, nobg") << httpurl << true << QNetworkReply::BackgroundRequestNotAllowedError;
-
-#ifndef QT_NO_SSL
-    QTest::newRow("https, fg, nobg") << httpsurl << false << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("https, bg, nobg") << httpsurl << true  << QNetworkReply::BackgroundRequestNotAllowedError;
-#endif
-
-#if QT_CONFIG(ftp)
-    QTest::newRow("ftp, fg, nobg") << ftpurl << false << QNetworkReply::NoError;
-    QTest::newRow("ftp, bg, nobg") << ftpurl << true << QNetworkReply::BackgroundRequestNotAllowedError;
-#endif
-}
-#endif
-
-//test purpose: background requests in progress are aborted when policy changes to disallow them
-#ifdef QT_BUILD_INTERNAL
-void tst_QNetworkReply::backgroundRequestInterruption()
-{
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-    if (QNetworkStatusMonitor::isEnabled() && QByteArray(QTest::currentDataTag()).startsWith("http"))
-        QSKIP("This test (currently) doesn't make any sense when QNetworkStatusMonitor is enabled");
-
-    QFETCH(QUrl, url);
-    QFETCH(bool, background);
-    QFETCH(QNetworkReply::NetworkError, error);
-
-    QNetworkRequest request(url);
-
-    if (background)
-        request.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::BackgroundRequestAttribute, QVariant::fromValue(true));
-
-    //this preconstructs the session so we can change policies in advance
-    manager.setConfiguration(networkConfiguration);
-
-#ifndef QT_NO_SSL
-    connect(&manager, SIGNAL(sslErrors(QNetworkReply*,QList<QSslError>)),
-        SLOT(sslErrors(QNetworkReply*,QList<QSslError>)));
-#endif
-
-    const QWeakPointer<const QNetworkSession> sessionWeakPtr = QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::getNetworkSession(&manager);
-    QVERIFY(!sessionWeakPtr.isNull());
-    auto session = const_cast<QNetworkSession *>(sessionWeakPtr.toStrongRef().data());
-    QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies original = session->usagePolicies();
-    QNetworkSessionPrivate::setUsagePolicies(*session, QNetworkSession::NoPolicy);
-
-    request.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::MaximumDownloadBufferSizeAttribute, 8192);
-    QNetworkReplyPtr reply(manager.get(request));
-    reply->setReadBufferSize(1024);
-
-    QSignalSpy spy(reply.data(), SIGNAL(readyRead()));
-    QTRY_VERIFY(spy.count() > 0);
-
-    QNetworkSessionPrivate::setUsagePolicies(*session, QNetworkSession::NoBackgroundTrafficPolicy);
-
-    // After we have changed the policy we can download at full speed.
-    reply->setReadBufferSize(0);
-
-    QVERIFY(waitForFinish(reply) != Timeout);
-    if (session)
-        QNetworkSessionPrivate::setUsagePolicies(*session, original);
-
-    QVERIFY(reply->isFinished());
-    QCOMPARE(reply->error(), error);
-#endif
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef QT_BUILD_INTERNAL
-void tst_QNetworkReply::backgroundRequestConnectInBackground_data()
-{
-    QTest::addColumn<QUrl>("url");
-    QTest::addColumn<bool>("background");
-
-    QUrl httpurl("http://" + QtNetworkSettings::httpServerName());
-#if QT_CONFIG(ftp)
-    QUrl ftpurl("ftp://" + QtNetworkSettings::ftpServerName() + "/qtest/rfc3252.txt");
-#endif
-
-    QTest::newRow("http, fg") << httpurl << false;
-    QTest::newRow("http, bg") << httpurl << true;
-
-#if QT_CONFIG(ftp)
-    QTest::newRow("ftp, fg") << ftpurl << false;
-    QTest::newRow("ftp, bg") << ftpurl << true;
-#endif
-}
-#endif
-
-//test purpose: check that backgroundness is propagated to the network session
-#ifdef QT_BUILD_INTERNAL
-void tst_QNetworkReply::backgroundRequestConnectInBackground()
-{
-#ifndef QT_NO_BEARERMANAGEMENT
-    QFETCH(QUrl, url);
-    QFETCH(bool, background);
-
-    QNetworkRequest request(url);
-
-    if (background)
-        request.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::BackgroundRequestAttribute, QVariant::fromValue(true));
-
-    QWeakPointer<const QNetworkSession> session = QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::getNetworkSession(&manager);
-    //force QNAM to reopen the session.
-    if (session && session.toStrongRef().data()->isOpen()) {
-        const_cast<QNetworkSession *>(session.toStrongRef().data())->close();
-        QCoreApplication::processEvents(); //let signals propagate inside QNAM
-    }
-
-    //this preconstructs the session so we can change policies in advance
-    manager.setConfiguration(networkConfiguration);
-
-    session = QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::getNetworkSession(&manager);
-    QVERIFY(session);
-    QNetworkSession::UsagePolicies original = session.toStrongRef().data()->usagePolicies();
-    QNetworkSessionPrivate::setUsagePolicies(*const_cast<QNetworkSession *>(session.toStrongRef().data()), QNetworkSession::NoPolicy);
-
-    QNetworkReplyPtr reply(manager.get(request));
-
-    QVERIFY(waitForFinish(reply) != Timeout);
-    session = QNetworkAccessManagerPrivate::getNetworkSession(&manager);
-    if (session) {
-        QVariant cib = session.toStrongRef().data()->sessionProperty(QStringLiteral("ConnectInBackground"));
-        if (!cib.isValid())
-            QSKIP("inconclusive - ConnectInBackground session property not supported by the bearer plugin");
-        QCOMPARE(cib.toBool(), background);
-        QNetworkSessionPrivate::setUsagePolicies(*const_cast<QNetworkSession *>(session.toStrongRef().data()), original);
-    } else {
-        QSKIP("inconclusive - network session has been destroyed");
-    }
-
-    QVERIFY(reply->isFinished());
-#endif
-}
-#endif
-
 class RateLimitedUploadDevice : public QIODevice
 {
     Q_OBJECT