diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
index bd63a6d65ea..4c4648e20ed 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ bool QFileSystemEngine::createLink(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSy
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_DARWIN
 // see qfilesystemengine_mac.mm
-#elif defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED) || !defined(AT_FDCWD) || defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) || !QT_CONFIG(datestring)
+#elif defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED) || !defined(AT_FDCWD) || defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) || !QT_CONFIG(datestring) || defined(Q_OS_VXWORKS)
 // bootstrapped tools don't need this, and we don't want QStorageInfo
 //static
 bool QFileSystemEngine::supportsMoveFileToTrash()