diff --git a/fpicker/Executable_kdefilepicker.mk b/fpicker/Executable_kdefilepicker.mk
index 9f8cca279303..a5c95fb092f9 100644
--- a/fpicker/Executable_kdefilepicker.mk
+++ b/fpicker/Executable_kdefilepicker.mk
@@ -58,4 +58,9 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Executable_add_generated_cxxobjects,kdefilepicker,\
 
 $(eval $(call gb_Executable_set_warnings_not_errors,kdefilepicker))
 
+# KDE/Qt consider -Wshadow more trouble than benefit
+$(eval $(call gb_Executable_add_cxxflags,kdefilepicker,\
+	-Wno-shadow \
+))
+
 # vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
diff --git a/fpicker/Library_fps_kde.mk b/fpicker/Library_fps_kde.mk
index 5624fd646754..f442f86ad7be 100644
--- a/fpicker/Library_fps_kde.mk
+++ b/fpicker/Library_fps_kde.mk
@@ -48,4 +48,9 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Library_add_exception_objects,fps_kde,\
 	fpicker/source/unx/kde_unx/UnxNotifyThread \
 ))
 
+# KDE/Qt consider -Wshadow more trouble than benefit
+$(eval $(call gb_Library_add_cxxflags,fps_kde,\
+	-Wno-shadow \
+))
+
 # vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
diff --git a/fpicker/Library_fps_kde4.mk b/fpicker/Library_fps_kde4.mk
index 10a06c74a6d6..d806737209dc 100644
--- a/fpicker/Library_fps_kde4.mk
+++ b/fpicker/Library_fps_kde4.mk
@@ -65,4 +65,9 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Library_add_generated_cxxobjects,fps_kde4,\
 	CustomTarget/fpicker/source/unx/kde4/KDE4FilePicker.moc \
 ))
 
+# KDE/Qt consider -Wshadow more trouble than benefit
+$(eval $(call gb_Library_add_cxxflags,fps_kde4,\
+        -Wno-shadow \
+))
+
 # vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
diff --git a/vcl/Library_vclplug_kde.mk b/vcl/Library_vclplug_kde.mk
index d1c6f6d7f543..139479f2c336 100644
--- a/vcl/Library_vclplug_kde.mk
+++ b/vcl/Library_vclplug_kde.mk
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Library_add_exception_objects,vclplug_kde,\
     vcl/unx/kde/salnativewidgets-kde \
 ))
 
+# KDE/Qt consider -Wshadow more trouble than benefit
+$(eval $(call gb_Library_add_cxxflags,vclplug_kde,\
+        -Wno-shadow \
+))
+
+
 ifeq ($(OS),LINUX)
 $(eval $(call gb_Library_add_linked_libs,vclplug_kde,\
     dl \
diff --git a/vcl/Library_vclplug_kde4.mk b/vcl/Library_vclplug_kde4.mk
index 34d289206cb3..e26e054fd568 100644
--- a/vcl/Library_vclplug_kde4.mk
+++ b/vcl/Library_vclplug_kde4.mk
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Library_add_exception_objects,vclplug_kde4,\
     vcl/unx/kde4/VCLKDEApplication \
 ))
 
+# KDE/Qt consider -Wshadow more trouble than benefit
+$(eval $(call gb_Library_add_cxxflags,fps_kde4,\
+        -Wno-shadow \
+))
+
+
 ifeq ($(OS),LINUX)
 $(eval $(call gb_Library_add_linked_libs,vclplug_kde4,\
     dl \
diff --git a/vcl/unx/kde4/KDEXLib.hxx b/vcl/unx/kde4/KDEXLib.hxx
index 9297be51ea4b..497a97f3b828 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/kde4/KDEXLib.hxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/kde4/KDEXLib.hxx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #include <fixx11h.h>
 
-#include "warning_guard_qhash.h"
+#include <qhash.h>
 #include <qsocketnotifier.h>
 #include <qtimer.h>
 
diff --git a/vcl/unx/kde4/warning_guard_qhash.h b/vcl/unx/kde4/warning_guard_qhash.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a6a520ce8879..000000000000
--- a/vcl/unx/kde4/warning_guard_qhash.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
-/*
- * Version: MPL 1.1 / GPLv3+ / LGPLv3+
- *
- * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
- * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License or as specified alternatively below. You may obtain a copy of
- * the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
- *
- * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
- * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
- * License.
- *
- * Major Contributor(s):
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc., Eike Rathke <erack@redhat.com>
- *  (initial developer)
- *
- * All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * For minor contributions see the git repository.
- *
- * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
- * either the GNU General Public License Version 3 or later (the "GPLv3+"), or
- * the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 or later (the "LGPLv3+"),
- * in which case the provisions of the GPLv3+ or the LGPLv3+ are applicable
- * instead of those above.
- */
-#ifndef INCLUDED_WARNINGS_GUARD_QHASH_H
-#define INCLUDED_WARNINGS_GUARD_QHASH_H
-
-// Because the GCC system_header mechanism doesn't work in .c/.cxx compilation
-// units and more important affects the rest of the current include file, the
-// warnings guard is separated into this header file on its own.
-
-/*
-    Silence down this WaE:
-    /usr/include/qt4/QtCore/qscopedpointer.h:83:47: error: declaration of ‘pointer’
-    shadows a global declaration [-Werror=shadow]
-
-    Reported upstream as <https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-22908>.
-
-    And suggested to be closed, because there is no problem in Qt. This is a workaround, at best.
-*/
-
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#pragma warning(push, 1)
-#elif defined __GNUC__
-#pragma GCC system_header
-#endif
-#include <qhash.h>
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#pragma warning(pop)
-#endif
-
-#endif // INCLUDED_WARNINGS_GUARD_QHASH_H
-
-/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */