diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp
index f331d6206a4..2c08e6cfd03 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
 #include <QTextCursor>
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 6, 0)
-#include <private/qtextcursor_p.h>
-#endif
-
 namespace Core {
 
 struct BaseTextFindPrivate
@@ -396,13 +392,10 @@ void BaseTextFind::defineFindScope()
 {
     QTextCursor cursor = textCursor();
     if (cursor.hasSelection() && cursor.block() != cursor.document()->findBlock(cursor.anchor())) {
-#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5,6,0)
-        d->m_findScopeStart = QTextCursorPrivate::fromPosition(document()->docHandle(), qMax(0, cursor.selectionStart()));
-        d->m_findScopeEnd = QTextCursorPrivate::fromPosition(document()->docHandle(), cursor.selectionEnd());
-#else
-        d->m_findScopeStart = QTextCursor(document()->docHandle(), qMax(0, cursor.selectionStart()));
-        d->m_findScopeEnd = QTextCursor(document()->docHandle(), cursor.selectionEnd());
-#endif
+        d->m_findScopeStart = cursor;
+        d->m_findScopeStart.setPosition(qMax(0, cursor.selectionStart()));
+        d->m_findScopeEnd = cursor;
+        d->m_findScopeEnd.setPosition(cursor.selectionEnd());
         d->m_findScopeVerticalBlockSelectionFirstColumn = -1;
         d->m_findScopeVerticalBlockSelectionLastColumn = -1;