9 files changed, 8 insertions, 192 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
index e7545084c1..adfb67ffd6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ qt_internal_add_module(Core
         global/qtpreprocessorsupport.h
         global/qtrace_p.h
         global/qtresource.h
-        global/qtsymbolmacros.h
         global/qttranslation.h
         global/qttypetraits.h
         global/qtversionchecks.h
@@ -343,12 +342,11 @@ qt_internal_add_module(Core
     PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
         Qt::Platform
     EXTRA_CMAKE_FILES
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Qt6CTestMacros.cmake"
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Qt6CoreConfigureFileTemplate.in"
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Qt6CoreResourceInit.in.cpp"
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake"
-        "${config_build_dir}/QtInstallPaths.cmake"
-        ${corelib_extra_cmake_files}
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Qt6CTestMacros.cmake"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Qt6CoreConfigureFileTemplate.in"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake"
+    "${config_build_dir}/QtInstallPaths.cmake"
+    ${corelib_extra_cmake_files}
     POLICIES
         QTP0002
 )
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index e2b49900f7..cb58bbef40 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -1846,24 +1846,11 @@ function(__qt_propagate_generated_resource target resource_name generated_source
         math(EXPR resource_count "${resource_count} + 1")
         set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES _qt_generated_resource_target_count ${resource_count})
 
-        __qt_internal_generate_init_resource_source_file(
-            resource_init_file ${target} ${resource_name})
-
         set(resource_target "${target}_resources_${resource_count}")
-        add_library("${resource_target}" OBJECT "${resource_init_file}")
-        # Needed so that qtsymbolmacros.h and its dependent headers are already created / syncqt'ed.
-        if(TARGET Core_sync_headers)
-            set(headers_available_target "Core_sync_headers")
-        else()
-            set(headers_available_target "${QT_CMAKE_EXPORT_NAMESPACE}::Core")
-        endif()
-        add_dependencies(${resource_target} ${headers_available_target})
+        add_library("${resource_target}" OBJECT "${generated_source_code}")
         target_compile_definitions("${resource_target}" PRIVATE
             "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:${QT_CMAKE_EXPORT_NAMESPACE}::Core,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>"
         )
-        target_include_directories("${resource_target}" PRIVATE
-            "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:${QT_CMAKE_EXPORT_NAMESPACE}::Core,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>"
-        )
         _qt_internal_set_up_static_runtime_library("${resource_target}")
 
         # Special handling is required for the Core library resources. The linking of the Core
@@ -1882,7 +1869,7 @@ function(__qt_propagate_generated_resource target resource_name generated_source
         #    .rcc/qrc_qprintdialog.cpp
         file(RELATIVE_PATH generated_cpp_file_relative_path
             "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
-            "${resource_init_file}")
+            "${generated_source_code}")
         set_property(TARGET ${resource_target} APPEND PROPERTY
             _qt_resource_generated_cpp_relative_path "${generated_cpp_file_relative_path}")
 
@@ -1896,31 +1883,8 @@ function(__qt_propagate_generated_resource target resource_name generated_source
         set(${output_generated_target} "${resource_target}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     else()
         set(${output_generated_target} "" PARENT_SCOPE)
+        target_sources(${target} PRIVATE ${generated_source_code})
     endif()
-
-    target_sources(${target} PRIVATE ${generated_source_code})
-endfunction()
-
-function(__qt_internal_generate_init_resource_source_file out_var target resource_name)
-    set(template_file "${__qt_core_macros_module_base_dir}/Qt6CoreResourceInit.in.cpp")
-
-    # Gets replaced in the template
-    set(RESOURCE_NAME "${resource_name}")
-    set(resource_init_path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.rcc/qrc_${resource_name}_init.cpp")
-
-    configure_file("${template_file}" "${resource_init_path}" @ONLY)
-
-    set(scope_args "")
-    if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.18")
-        set(scope_args TARGET_DIRECTORY ${target})
-    endif()
-    set_source_files_properties(${resource_init_path} ${scope_args} PROPERTIES
-        SKIP_AUTOGEN TRUE
-        SKIP_UNITY_BUILD_INCLUSION TRUE
-        SKIP_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS TRUE
-    )
-
-    set(${out_var} "${resource_init_path}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
 # Make file visible in IDEs.
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreResourceInit.in.cpp b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreResourceInit.in.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0234ec8232..0000000000
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreResourceInit.in.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2023 The Qt Company Ltd.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-
-// This file was generated by the qt_add_resources command.
-
-#include <QtCore/qtsymbolmacros.h>
-
-QT_DECLARE_EXTERN_RESOURCE(@RESOURCE_NAME@);
-
-namespace {
-    struct resourceReferenceKeeper {
-        resourceReferenceKeeper() { QT_KEEP_RESOURCE(@RESOURCE_NAME@); }
-    } resourceReferenceKeeperInstance;
-}
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qtsymbolmacros.h b/src/corelib/global/qtsymbolmacros.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 18cdc85f72..0000000000
--- a/src/corelib/global/qtsymbolmacros.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2023 The Qt Company Ltd.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR LGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
-
-#ifndef QTSYMBOLMACROS_H
-#define QTSYMBOLMACROS_H
-
-#if 0
-#  pragma qt_sync_stop_processing
-#endif
-
-// For GHS symbol keeping.
-#include <QtCore/qcompilerdetection.h>
-#include <QtCore/qtpreprocessorsupport.h>
-
-// For handling namespaced resources.
-#ifdef QT_NAMESPACE
-#  define QT_RCC_MANGLE_NAMESPACE0(x) x
-#  define QT_RCC_MANGLE_NAMESPACE1(a, b) a##_##b
-#  define QT_RCC_MANGLE_NAMESPACE2(a, b) QT_RCC_MANGLE_NAMESPACE1(a,b)
-#  define QT_RCC_MANGLE_NAMESPACE(name) QT_RCC_MANGLE_NAMESPACE2( \
-        QT_RCC_MANGLE_NAMESPACE0(name), QT_RCC_MANGLE_NAMESPACE0(QT_NAMESPACE))
-#else
-#   define QT_RCC_MANGLE_NAMESPACE(name) name
-#endif
-
-// GHS needs special handling to keep a symbol around.
-#if defined(Q_CC_GHS)
-#  define Q_GHS_KEEP_REFERENCE(S) QT_DO_PRAGMA(ghs reference S ##__Fv)
-#else
-#  define Q_GHS_KEEP_REFERENCE(S)
-#endif
-
-// Macros to ensure a symbol is not dropped by the linker even if it's not used.
-#define QT_DECLARE_EXTERN_SYMBOL(NAME, RETURN_TYPE) \
-    extern RETURN_TYPE NAME(); \
-    Q_GHS_KEEP_REFERENCE(NAME)
-
-#define QT_DECLARE_EXTERN_SYMBOL_INT(NAME) \
-    QT_DECLARE_EXTERN_SYMBOL(NAME, int)
-
-#define QT_DECLARE_EXTERN_SYMBOL_VOID(NAME) \
-    QT_DECLARE_EXTERN_SYMBOL(NAME, void)
-
-#define QT_KEEP_SYMBOL_VAR_NAME(NAME) NAME ## _keep
-
-#define QT_KEEP_SYMBOL_HELPER(NAME, VAR_NAME) \
-    volatile auto VAR_NAME = &NAME; \
-    Q_UNUSED(VAR_NAME)
-
-#define QT_KEEP_SYMBOL(NAME) \
-    QT_KEEP_SYMBOL_HELPER(NAME, QT_KEEP_SYMBOL_VAR_NAME(NAME))
-
-
-// Similar to the ones above, but for rcc resource symbols specifically.
-#define QT_GET_RESOURCE_INIT_SYMBOL(NAME) \
-    QT_RCC_MANGLE_NAMESPACE(qInitResources_ ## NAME)
-
-#define QT_DECLARE_EXTERN_RESOURCE(NAME) \
-    QT_DECLARE_EXTERN_SYMBOL_INT(QT_GET_RESOURCE_INIT_SYMBOL(NAME))
-
-#define QT_KEEP_RESOURCE(NAME) \
-    QT_KEEP_SYMBOL(QT_GET_RESOURCE_INIT_SYMBOL(NAME))
-
-#endif // QTSYMBOLMACROS_H
-
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ce6f8a020..975cc6fc7d 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_multiple_find_package)
 _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_add_resources_delayed_file)
 _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_add_binary_resources_delayed_file BINARY test_add_binary_resources_delayed_file)
 _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_qt_add_resources_rebuild)
-_qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_resource_without_obj_lib BINARY test_resource_without_obj_lib)
 
 if(NOT NO_GUI)
     _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_private_includes)
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 16563141f4..0000000000
--- a/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2023 The Qt Company Ltd.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-
-project(test_resource_without_obj_lib)
-
-if (EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FindPackageHints.cmake")
-    include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FindPackageHints.cmake")
-endif()
-
-find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED
-    COMPONENTS Core Test
-    HINTS ${Qt6Tests_PREFIX_PATH}
-)
-
-qt6_add_library(helper_lib STATIC helper_lib.cpp)
-qt6_add_resources(helper_lib "helper_res" FILES resource.txt PREFIX "/")
-
-# Link to Core, to ensure both the helper_lib and the main executable
-# inherit the QT_NAMESPACE if it is set, otherwise we get undefined
-# linker errors due to the mismatch in symbol names.
-target_link_libraries(helper_lib PRIVATE Qt6::Core)
-
-set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
-
-qt6_add_executable(test_resource_without_obj_lib main.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(test_resource_without_obj_lib PRIVATE Qt6::Core Qt6::Test)
-
-# Link against the library file and not the target, so that we can confirm
-# the ability to manually initialize the resource via Q_INIT_RESOURCE.
-target_link_libraries(test_resource_without_obj_lib PRIVATE $<TARGET_FILE:helper_lib>)
-
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/helper_lib.cpp b/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/helper_lib.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 18371786a9..0000000000
--- a/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/helper_lib.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2023 The Qt Company Ltd.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
-
-void nothing() {}
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/main.cpp b/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 29ea0f7272..0000000000
--- a/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2023 The Qt Company Ltd.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
-
-#include <QtCore/qtresource.h>
-#include <QtTest/QtTest>
-
-class TestManualResourceInit : public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-private slots:
-    void initTestCase();
-    void resourceExistsAfterManualInit();
-};
-
-void TestManualResourceInit::initTestCase()
-{
-    // Manually initialize the resource like we used to do it in qt5 + qmake times.
-    Q_INIT_RESOURCE(helper_res);
-}
-
-void TestManualResourceInit::resourceExistsAfterManualInit()
-{
-    QVERIFY(QFile::exists(":/resource.txt"));
-}
-
-QTEST_MAIN(TestManualResourceInit)
-#include "main.moc"
-
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/resource.txt b/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/resource.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7804a324a4..0000000000
--- a/tests/auto/cmake/test_resource_without_obj_lib/resource.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Test resource