diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp
index 05a7a083d38..48736f805eb 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp
@@ -906,49 +906,7 @@ bool Preprocessor::handleIdentifier(PPToken *tk)
 {
     ScopedBoolSwap s(m_state.m_inPreprocessorDirective, true);
 
-    static const QByteArray ppLine("__LINE__");
-    static const QByteArray ppFile("__FILE__");
-    static const QByteArray ppDate("__DATE__");
-    static const QByteArray ppTime("__TIME__");
-
-    ByteArrayRef macroNameRef = tk->asByteArrayRef();
-
-    if (macroNameRef.size() == 8
-            && macroNameRef[0] == '_'
-            && macroNameRef[1] == '_') {
-        PPToken newTk;
-        if (macroNameRef == ppLine) {
-            QByteArray txt = QByteArray::number(tk->lineno);
-            newTk = generateToken(T_STRING_LITERAL, txt.constData(), txt.size(), tk->lineno, false);
-        } else if (macroNameRef == ppFile) {
-            QByteArray txt;
-            txt.append('"');
-            txt.append(m_env->currentFileUtf8);
-            txt.append('"');
-            newTk = generateToken(T_STRING_LITERAL, txt.constData(), txt.size(), tk->lineno, false);
-        } else if (macroNameRef == ppDate) {
-            QByteArray txt;
-            txt.append('"');
-            txt.append(QDate::currentDate().toString().toUtf8());
-            txt.append('"');
-            newTk = generateToken(T_STRING_LITERAL, txt.constData(), txt.size(), tk->lineno, false);
-        } else if (macroNameRef == ppTime) {
-            QByteArray txt;
-            txt.append('"');
-            txt.append(QTime::currentTime().toString().toUtf8());
-            txt.append('"');
-            newTk = generateToken(T_STRING_LITERAL, txt.constData(), txt.size(), tk->lineno, false);
-        }
-
-        if (newTk.hasSource()) {
-            newTk.f.newline = tk->newline();
-            newTk.f.whitespace = tk->whitespace();
-            *tk = newTk;
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    Macro *macro = m_env->resolve(macroNameRef);
+    Macro *macro = m_env->resolve(tk->asByteArrayRef());
     if (!macro
             || (tk->expanded()
                 && m_state.m_tokenBuffer
diff --git a/tests/auto/cplusplus/preprocessor/tst_preprocessor.cpp b/tests/auto/cplusplus/preprocessor/tst_preprocessor.cpp
index 2594bc692f6..7d3f44c06b6 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cplusplus/preprocessor/tst_preprocessor.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/cplusplus/preprocessor/tst_preprocessor.cpp
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ private slots:
     void unfinished_function_like_macro_call();
     void nasty_macro_expansion();
     void glib_attribute();
-    void builtin__FILE__();
     void blockSkipping();
     void includes_1();
     void dont_eagerly_expand();
@@ -784,23 +783,6 @@ void tst_Preprocessor::glib_attribute()
     QCOMPARE(preprocessed, result____);
 }
 
-void tst_Preprocessor::builtin__FILE__()
-{
-    Client *client = 0; // no client.
-    Environment env;
-
-    Preprocessor preprocess(client, &env);
-    QByteArray preprocessed = preprocess.run(
-                QLatin1String("some-file.c"),
-                QByteArray("const char *f = __FILE__\n"
-                           ));
-    const QByteArray result____ =
-            "# 1 \"some-file.c\"\n"
-            "const char *f = \"some-file.c\"\n";
-
-    QCOMPARE(preprocessed, result____);
-}
-
 void tst_Preprocessor::comparisons_data()
 {
     QTest::addColumn<QString>("infile");