2 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp
index e615dd8cb0..f2bc48fd0c 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp
@@ -1820,12 +1820,6 @@ const char *qAccessibleEventString(QAccessible::Event event)
     return QAccessible::staticMetaObject.enumerator(eventEnum).valueToKey(event);
 }
 
-/*! \internal */
-bool operator==(const QAccessible::State &first, const QAccessible::State &second)
-{
-    return memcmp(&first, &second, sizeof(QAccessible::State)) == 0;
-}
-
 #ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG_STREAM
 /*! \internal */
 Q_GUI_EXPORT QDebug operator<<(QDebug d, const QAccessibleInterface *iface)
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h
index 5feb562234..093a48e211 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ public:
         State() {
             memset(this, 0, sizeof(State));
         }
+        friend inline bool operator==(const QAccessible::State &first, const QAccessible::State &second)
+        {
+            return memcmp(&first, &second, sizeof(QAccessible::State)) == 0;
+        }
     };
 
 
@@ -437,8 +441,6 @@ private:
     friend class QAccessibleCache;
 };
 
-Q_GUI_EXPORT bool operator==(const QAccessible::State &first, const QAccessible::State &second);
-
 Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(QAccessible::Relation)
 
 class QAccessible2Interface;