diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditor.cpp
index f0cafc892d3..eda25ec9b8a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/richtexteditor/richtexteditor.cpp
@@ -530,11 +530,14 @@ void RichTextEditor::setupTableActions()
         cursorEditBlock(cursor, [&] () {
             //format table cells to look a bit better:
             QTextTableFormat tableFormat;
-            tableFormat.setBorderCollapse(true);
             tableFormat.setCellSpacing(2.0);
             tableFormat.setCellPadding(2.0);
             tableFormat.setBorder(1.0);
 
+#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0))
+            tableFormat.setBorderCollapse(true);
+#endif
+
             cursor.insertTable(1, 1, tableFormat);
 
             //move cursor into the first cell of the table: