diff --git a/src/widgets/qsplitter.h b/src/widgets/qsplitter.h
index c159e0f..b5012f6 100644
--- a/src/widgets/qsplitter.h
+++ b/src/widgets/qsplitter.h
@@ -187,11 +187,7 @@ public: //private:
 
     Orientation orient;
     friend class QSplitterHandle;
-
-#ifndef QT_NO_TEXTSTREAM
-    friend Q_EXPORT QTextStream& operator<<( QTextStream&, const QSplitter& );
-    friend Q_EXPORT QTextStream& operator>>( QTextStream&, QSplitter& );
-#endif
+    friend class QTextStream;
 
 private:
 #if defined(Q_DISABLE_COPY)