3 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmllint/quick/quicklintplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qmllint/quick/quicklintplugin.cpp
index b2248d3896..6e2d1e7382 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmllint/quick/quicklintplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmllint/quick/quicklintplugin.cpp
@@ -255,12 +255,6 @@ void AnchorsValidatorPass::run(const QQmlSA::Element &element)
                 bottom = srcLoc;
             else if (propertyName == u"baseline")
                 baseline = srcLoc;
-
-            if (propertyName == u"horizontalCenter" || propertyName == u"verticalCenter") {
-                if (groupBinding.bindingType() == QQmlJSMetaPropertyBinding::Null) {
-                    emitWarning("Cannot anchor to a null item.", srcLoc);
-                }
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/data/pluginQuick_anchors.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/data/pluginQuick_anchors.qml
index ddfa163479..ea98b76663 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/data/pluginQuick_anchors.qml
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/data/pluginQuick_anchors.qml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import QtQuick
 
 Item {
     Item {
-        anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+        anchors.horizontalCenter: null
         anchors.left: parent.left
         anchors.right: parent.right
-        anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+        anchors.verticalCenter: null
         anchors.top: parent.top
         anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
         anchors.baseline:  parent.baseline
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp
index 6110ee5448..492ec95350 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
 Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(LintPlugin)
 
+using namespace Qt::StringLiterals;
+
 class TestQmllint: public QQmlDataTest
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -1664,13 +1666,15 @@ void TestQmllint::quickPlugin()
     QVERIFY(pluginFound);
 
     runTest("pluginQuick_anchors.qml",
-            Result {
-                    { Message {
+            Result{ { Message{
                               u"Cannot specify left, right, and horizontalCenter anchors at the same time."_qs },
                       Message {
                               u"Cannot specify top, bottom, and verticalCenter anchors at the same time."_qs },
-                      Message {
-                              u"Baseline anchor cannot be used in conjunction with top, bottom, or verticalCenter anchors."_qs } } });
+                      Message{
+                              u"Baseline anchor cannot be used in conjunction with top, bottom, or verticalCenter anchors."_qs },
+                      Message{ u"Cannot assign binding of type null to QQuickAnchorLine"_s, 5, 35 },
+                      Message{ u"Cannot assign binding of type null to QQuickAnchorLine"_s, 8,
+                               33 } } });
     runTest("pluginQuick_layoutChildren.qml",
             Result {
                     { Message {