diff --git a/tests/system/README b/tests/system/README
index 1174b181876..7dff67a84d0 100644
--- a/tests/system/README
+++ b/tests/system/README
@@ -63,10 +63,7 @@ started. On Windows, this has the following prerequisites:
 Either:
     * have no firewall at all enabled (sure that's a bad idea)
 Or:
-    * run Windows with English UI
-    * have the Windows Firewall enabled (no other firewalls are handled by the scripts)
-    * run the Squish tests with administrator privileges
-    * additionally the UAC should be disabled, too
+    * have notifications disabled for the firewall when an application tries to access network
 
 Otherwise you'll have some trouble with popping up dialogs from the firewall.
 If you're using a different firewall - try to figure out and add a rule for this.
diff --git a/tests/system/shared/debugger.py b/tests/system/shared/debugger.py
index bb6b4082b63..5ee31dec201 100644
--- a/tests/system/shared/debugger.py
+++ b/tests/system/shared/debugger.py
@@ -266,69 +266,3 @@ def verifyBreakPoint(bpToVerify):
         test.fatal("Expected a dict for bpToVerify - got '%s'" % className(bpToVerify))
     return False
 
-# helper to check whether win firewall is running or not
-# this doesn't check for other firewalls!
-def __isWinFirewallRunning__():
-    if hasattr(__isWinFirewallRunning__, "fireWallState"):
-        return __isWinFirewallRunning__.fireWallState
-    if platform.system() not in ('Microsoft' 'Windows'):
-        __isWinFirewallRunning__.fireWallState = False
-        return False
-    result = getOutputFromCmdline(["netsh", "firewall", "show", "state"])
-    for line in result.splitlines():
-        if "Operational mode" in line:
-            __isWinFirewallRunning__.fireWallState = not "Disable" in line
-            return __isWinFirewallRunning__.fireWallState
-    return None
-
-# helper that can modify the win firewall to allow a program to communicate through it or delete it
-# param addToFW defines whether to add (True) or delete (False) this program to/from the firewall
-def __configureFW__(workingDir, projectName, isReleaseBuild, addToFW=True):
-    if isReleaseBuild == None:
-        if projectName[-4:] == ".exe":
-            projectName = projectName[:-4]
-        path = "%s%s%s" % (workingDir, os.sep, projectName)
-    elif isReleaseBuild:
-        path = "%s%s%s%srelease%s%s" % (workingDir, os.sep, projectName, os.sep, os.sep, projectName)
-    else:
-        path = "%s%s%s%sdebug%s%s" % (workingDir, os.sep, projectName, os.sep, os.sep, projectName)
-    if addToFW:
-        mode = "add"
-        enable = "ENABLE"
-    else:
-        mode = "delete"
-        enable = ""
-        projectName = ""
-    # Needs admin privileges on Windows 7
-    # Using the deprecated "netsh firewall" because the newer
-    # "netsh advfirewall" would need admin privileges on Windows Vista, too.
-    return subprocess.call(["netsh", "firewall", mode, "allowedprogram",
-                            "%s.exe" % path, projectName, enable])
-
-# function to add a program to allow communication through the win firewall
-# param workingDir this directory is the parent of the project folder
-# param projectName this is the name of the project (the folder inside workingDir as well as the name for the executable)
-# param isReleaseBuild should currently always be set to True (will later add debug build testing)
-def allowAppThroughWinFW(workingDir, projectName, isReleaseBuild=True):
-    if not __isWinFirewallRunning__():
-        return
-    # WinFirewall seems to run - hopefully no other
-    result = __configureFW__(workingDir, projectName, isReleaseBuild)
-    if result == 0:
-        test.log("Added %s to firewall" % projectName)
-    else:
-        test.fatal("Could not add %s as allowed program to win firewall" % projectName)
-
-# function to delete a (former added) program from the win firewall
-# param workingDir this directory is the parent of the project folder
-# param projectName this is the name of the project (the folder inside workingDir as well as the name for the executable)
-# param isReleaseBuild should currently always be set to True (will later add debug build testing)
-def deleteAppFromWinFW(workingDir, projectName, isReleaseBuild=True):
-    if not __isWinFirewallRunning__():
-        return
-    # WinFirewall seems to run - hopefully no other
-    result = __configureFW__(workingDir, projectName, isReleaseBuild, False)
-    if result == 0:
-        test.log("Deleted %s from firewall" % projectName)
-    else:
-        test.warning("Could not delete %s as allowed program from win firewall" % (projectName))
diff --git a/tests/system/suite_debugger/tst_simple_debug/test.py b/tests/system/suite_debugger/tst_simple_debug/test.py
index e6301f941c5..518ac1b23b9 100644
--- a/tests/system/suite_debugger/tst_simple_debug/test.py
+++ b/tests/system/suite_debugger/tst_simple_debug/test.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def main():
             for kit, config in availableConfigs:
                 test.log("Selecting '%s' as build config" % config)
                 verifyBuildConfig(kit, config, True, True, True)
-                # explicitly build before start debugging for adding the executable as allowed program to WinFW
+                # explicitly build before start debugging
                 selectFromLocator("t rebuild", "Rebuild All Projects")
                 waitForCompile(300000)
                 if not checkCompile():
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ def main():
                     buildDir = os.path.join(str(waitForObject(":Qt Creator_Utils::BuildDirectoryLineEdit").text),
                                             "debug")
                     switchViewTo(ViewConstants.EDIT)
-                    allowAppThroughWinFW(buildDir, projectName, None)
                 if not doSimpleDebugging(kit, config, expectedBreakpointsOrder):
                     try:
                         stopB = findObject(':Qt Creator.Stop_QToolButton')
@@ -60,8 +59,6 @@ def main():
                             clickButton(stopB)
                     except:
                         pass
-                if platform.system() in ('Microsoft' 'Windows'):
-                    deleteAppFromWinFW(buildDir, projectName, None)
                 # close application output window of current run to avoid mixing older output on the next run
                 ensureChecked(":Qt Creator_AppOutput_Core::Internal::OutputPaneToggleButton")
                 clickButton(waitForObject("{type='CloseButton' unnamed='1' visible='1' "