diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphoverhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphoverhandler.cpp
index 47c7ee97fb2c9e15f4aba326f594cf441300a16b..cebf33c43e8252c3056c339d17cd08eb397ee47f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphoverhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphoverhandler.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void CppHoverHandler::decorateToolTip(TextEditor::ITextEditor *editor)
 
     const TextEditor::HelpItem &help = lastHelpItemIdentified();
     if (help.isValid()) {
-        const QString &contents = help.extractContent(extendToolTips(editor));
+        const QString &contents = help.extractContent(false);
         if (!contents.isEmpty()) {
             if (help.category() == TextEditor::HelpItem::ClassOrNamespace)
                 appendToolTip(contents);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basehoverhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basehoverhandler.cpp
index 8bb60941d7399d45fabc952d6bec477c0f453720..ceaa26f55f2fcebe97576e7f3d27239e01ecd333 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basehoverhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basehoverhandler.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void BaseHoverHandler::decorateToolTip(ITextEditor *editor)
         return;
 
     if (lastHelpItemIdentified().isValid()) {
-        const QString &contents = lastHelpItemIdentified().extractContent(extendToolTips(editor));
+        const QString &contents = lastHelpItemIdentified().extractContent(false);
         if (!contents.isEmpty()) {
             appendToolTip(contents);
         } else {
@@ -179,11 +179,3 @@ BaseTextEditor *BaseHoverHandler::baseTextEditor(ITextEditor *editor)
         return 0;
     return qobject_cast<BaseTextEditor *>(editor->widget());
 }
-
-bool BaseHoverHandler::extendToolTips(ITextEditor *editor)
-{
-    BaseTextEditor *baseEditor = baseTextEditor(editor);
-    if (baseEditor && baseEditor->displaySettings().m_extendTooltips)
-        return true;
-    return false;
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basehoverhandler.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basehoverhandler.h
index 429155ea9bf44187d3d38d9b8be4f20974b8d4e6..b0a627c7cfd71aa30acb5afd3d179178f8841522 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basehoverhandler.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basehoverhandler.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ protected:
     const HelpItem &lastHelpItemIdentified() const;
 
     static BaseTextEditor *baseTextEditor(ITextEditor *editor);
-    static bool extendToolTips(ITextEditor *editor);
 
 private:
     void clear();
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
index 24232bc13b662306fea4cb6f554a7295a93adc34..5c51b7cb0915c7bda798466799c116269d04836b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ static const char * const animateMatchingParenthesesKey= "AnimateMatchingParenth
 static const char * const markTextChangesKey = "MarkTextChanges";
 static const char * const autoFoldFirstCommentKey = "AutoFoldFirstComment";
 static const char * const centerCursorOnScrollKey = "CenterCursorOnScroll";
-static const char * const extendTooltips = "ExtendTooltips";
 static const char * const groupPostfix = "DisplaySettings";
 
 namespace TextEditor {
@@ -61,8 +60,7 @@ DisplaySettings::DisplaySettings() :
     m_animateMatchingParentheses(true),
     m_markTextChanges(true),
     m_autoFoldFirstComment(true),
-    m_centerCursorOnScroll(false),
-    m_extendTooltips(false)
+    m_centerCursorOnScroll(false)
 {
 }
 
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ void DisplaySettings::toSettings(const QString &category, QSettings *s) const
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(markTextChangesKey), m_markTextChanges);
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(autoFoldFirstCommentKey), m_autoFoldFirstComment);
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(centerCursorOnScrollKey), m_centerCursorOnScroll);
-    s->setValue(QLatin1String(extendTooltips), m_extendTooltips);
     s->endGroup();
 }
 
@@ -109,7 +106,6 @@ void DisplaySettings::fromSettings(const QString &category, const QSettings *s)
     m_markTextChanges = s->value(group + QLatin1String(markTextChangesKey), m_markTextChanges).toBool();
     m_autoFoldFirstComment = s->value(group + QLatin1String(autoFoldFirstCommentKey), m_autoFoldFirstComment).toBool();
     m_centerCursorOnScroll = s->value(group + QLatin1String(centerCursorOnScrollKey), m_centerCursorOnScroll).toBool();
-    m_extendTooltips = s->value(group + QLatin1String(extendTooltips), m_extendTooltips).toBool();
 }
 
 bool DisplaySettings::equals(const DisplaySettings &ds) const
@@ -126,7 +122,6 @@ bool DisplaySettings::equals(const DisplaySettings &ds) const
         && m_markTextChanges == ds.m_markTextChanges
         && m_autoFoldFirstComment== ds.m_autoFoldFirstComment
         && m_centerCursorOnScroll == ds.m_centerCursorOnScroll
-        && m_extendTooltips == ds.m_extendTooltips
         ;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
index 0be9d9af8497a4871991d8e39b7024648c3aa160..8dd97d4075948112167e2da93a1c563ec0af671a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ public:
     bool m_markTextChanges;
     bool m_autoFoldFirstComment;
     bool m_centerCursorOnScroll;
-    bool m_extendTooltips;
 
     bool equals(const DisplaySettings &ds) const;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp
index 92561c9510b8d71ad55202dae7ad6dd8d6881c8f..6a30c609c5dade107a1676f8e0dd226b00f7d639 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ QWidget *DisplaySettingsPage::createPage(QWidget *parent)
           << ' ' << m_d->m_page.animateMatchingParentheses->text()
           << ' ' << m_d->m_page.enableTextWrapping->text()
           << ' ' << m_d->m_page.autoFoldFirstComment->text()
-          << ' ' << m_d->m_page.centerOnScroll->text()
-          << ' ' << m_d->m_page.extendTooltips->text();
+          << ' ' << m_d->m_page.centerOnScroll->text();
         m_d->m_searchKeywords.remove(QLatin1Char('&'));
     }
     return w;
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ void DisplaySettingsPage::settingsFromUI(DisplaySettings &displaySettings) const
     displaySettings.m_markTextChanges = m_d->m_page.markTextChanges->isChecked();
     displaySettings.m_autoFoldFirstComment = m_d->m_page.autoFoldFirstComment->isChecked();
     displaySettings.m_centerCursorOnScroll = m_d->m_page.centerOnScroll->isChecked();
-    displaySettings.m_extendTooltips = m_d->m_page.extendTooltips->isChecked();
 }
 
 void DisplaySettingsPage::settingsToUI()
@@ -140,7 +138,6 @@ void DisplaySettingsPage::settingsToUI()
     m_d->m_page.markTextChanges->setChecked(displaySettings.m_markTextChanges);
     m_d->m_page.autoFoldFirstComment->setChecked(displaySettings.m_autoFoldFirstComment);
     m_d->m_page.centerOnScroll->setChecked(displaySettings.m_centerCursorOnScroll);
-    m_d->m_page.extendTooltips->setChecked(displaySettings.m_extendTooltips);
 }
 
 const DisplaySettings &DisplaySettingsPage::displaySettings() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui
index 06d553c7e3669dc51beefa0930fcbaed55d365ad..c402d98a64a804bd959a2875291a39316576c2df 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui
@@ -96,13 +96,6 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="5" column="1">
-       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="extendTooltips">
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>Extend tooltips for Qt 4.7 (or later) docs</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>