diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp
index 39da34d8ae817df3ffa9070d9edc85ff6f9eb4d8..acf2c0fb151794fe89cc2693fdf0d43f280f06df 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ Internal::ObjectNodeInstance::Pointer NodeInstance::createInstance(const NodeMet
 
     if (!metaInfo.isValid())
         instance = Internal::DummyNodeInstance::create();
-    else if (metaInfo.isSubclassOf("QtWebKit/WebView", 1, 0))
-        instance = Internal::DummyNodeInstance::create();
     else if (metaInfo.isSubclassOf("Qt/QWidget", 4, 7))
         instance = Internal::DummyNodeInstance::create();
     else if (metaInfo.isSubclassOf("Qt/QGraphicsView", 4, 7))