4 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/widgets/doc/snippets/code/src_gui_kernel_qapplication.cpp b/src/widgets/doc/snippets/code/src_gui_kernel_qapplication.cpp
index c39a0d83bb..a907a0421f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/doc/snippets/code/src_gui_kernel_qapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/doc/snippets/code/src_gui_kernel_qapplication.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ QApplication::setStyle(QStyleFactory::create("Fusion"));
 //! [1]
 
 
+// ### fixme: Qt 6: Remove [2]
 //! [2]
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
index 0c7934ceaf..f901f6fb16 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
@@ -337,8 +337,10 @@ void QApplicationPrivate::createEventDispatcher()
     \sa QCoreApplication, QAbstractEventDispatcher, QEventLoop, QSettings
 */
 
+// ### fixme: Qt 6: Remove ColorSpec and accessors.
 /*!
     \enum QApplication::ColorSpec
+    \obsolete
 
     \value NormalColor the default color allocation policy
     \value CustomColor the same as NormalColor for X11; allocates colors
@@ -395,8 +397,6 @@ QString QApplicationPrivate::styleSheet;           // default application styles
 #endif
 QPointer<QWidget> QApplicationPrivate::leaveAfterRelease = 0;
 
-int QApplicationPrivate::app_cspec = QApplication::NormalColor;
-
 QPalette *QApplicationPrivate::sys_pal = 0;        // default system palette
 QPalette *QApplicationPrivate::set_pal = 0;        // default palette set by programmer
 
@@ -1275,17 +1275,21 @@ QStyle* QApplication::setStyle(const QString& style)
 
 /*!
     Returns the color specification.
+    \obsolete
 
     \sa QApplication::setColorSpec()
 */
 
 int QApplication::colorSpec()
 {
-    return QApplicationPrivate::app_cspec;
+    return QApplication::NormalColor;
 }
 
 /*!
     Sets the color specification for the application to \a spec.
+    \obsolete
+
+    This call has no effect.
 
     The color specification controls how the application allocates colors when
     run on a display with a limited amount of colors, e.g. 8 bit / 256 color
@@ -1341,10 +1345,7 @@ int QApplication::colorSpec()
 
 void QApplication::setColorSpec(int spec)
 {
-    if (Q_UNLIKELY(qApp))
-        qWarning("QApplication::setColorSpec: This function must be "
-                 "called before the QApplication object is created");
-    QApplicationPrivate::app_cspec = spec;
+    Q_UNUSED(spec)
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.h b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.h
index db690a3539..52f44759f4 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.h
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.h
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ public:
     static void setStyle(QStyle*);
     static QStyle *setStyle(const QString&);
     enum ColorSpec { NormalColor=0, CustomColor=1, ManyColor=2 };
-    static int colorSpec();
-    static void setColorSpec(int);
+#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 8)
+    QT_DEPRECATED static int colorSpec();
+    QT_DEPRECATED static void setColorSpec(int);
+#endif // QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 8)
 #if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 0)
     QT_DEPRECATED static inline void setGraphicsSystem(const QString &) {}
 #endif
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication_p.h b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication_p.h
index 34da6586fa..8aab3bfae4 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication_p.h
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ public:
     static QWidgetList *popupWidgets;
     static QStyle *app_style;
     static bool overrides_native_style;
-    static int app_cspec;
     static QPalette *sys_pal;
     static QPalette *set_pal;