diff --git a/src/qmlcompiler/qqmljsimporter.cpp b/src/qmlcompiler/qqmljsimporter.cpp
index 5f00e3a578..2b42941039 100644
--- a/src/qmlcompiler/qqmljsimporter.cpp
+++ b/src/qmlcompiler/qqmljsimporter.cpp
@@ -310,8 +310,14 @@ void QQmlJSImporter::importDependencies(const QQmlJSImporter::Import &import,
 static bool isVersionAllowed(const QQmlJSScope::Export &exportEntry,
                              const QQmlJSScope::Import &importDescription)
 {
-    return !importDescription.version().isValid()
-            || exportEntry.version() <= importDescription.version();
+    const QTypeRevision importVersion = importDescription.version();
+    const QTypeRevision exportVersion = exportEntry.version();
+    if (!importVersion.hasMajorVersion())
+        return true;
+    if (importVersion.majorVersion() != exportVersion.majorVersion())
+        return false;
+    return !importVersion.hasMinorVersion()
+            || exportVersion.minorVersion() <= importVersion.minorVersion();
 }
 
 void QQmlJSImporter::processImport(const QQmlJSScope::Import &importDescription,
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/data/onlyMajorVersion.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/data/onlyMajorVersion.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4066f8f097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/data/onlyMajorVersion.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import QtQuick.Controls 2 as QQC2
+
+QQC2.ApplicationWindow {
+    height: 400
+    width: 400
+    visible: true
+    QQC2.Action {} // Action because it appeared in version 2.3
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp
index 80c3d17d78..a5e906ce9a 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp
@@ -1215,6 +1215,7 @@ void TestQmllint::cleanQmlCode_data()
     QTest::newRow("callBase") << QStringLiteral("callBase.qml");
     QTest::newRow("propertyWithOn") << QStringLiteral("switcher.qml");
     QTest::newRow("constructorProperty") << QStringLiteral("constructorProperty.qml");
+    QTest::newRow("onlyMajorVersion") << QStringLiteral("onlyMajorVersion.qml");
 }
 
 void TestQmllint::cleanQmlCode()
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qqmljsscope/data/qualifiedName.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qqmljsscope/data/qualifiedName.qml
index 93b4050d07..1deb7632c3 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qqmljsscope/data/qualifiedName.qml
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qqmljsscope/data/qualifiedName.qml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import QualifiedNamesTests 5.0 as MyQualifiedImport
 import QtQuick 2.0
 
 Item {
-    A {}
+    // A {} <- QML_REMOVED_IN_VERSION(6, 0)
 
     B {}
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qqmljsscope/tst_qqmljsscope.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qqmljsscope/tst_qqmljsscope.cpp
index 94021b488e..09c6601858 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qqmljsscope/tst_qqmljsscope.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qqmljsscope/tst_qqmljsscope.cpp
@@ -686,14 +686,12 @@ void tst_qqmljsscope::qualifiedName()
             return u""_s;
     };
 
-    QCOMPARE(root->childScopes().size(), 5);
-    QQmlJSScope::ConstPtr a = root->childScopes()[0];
-    QQmlJSScope::ConstPtr b = root->childScopes()[1];
-    QQmlJSScope::ConstPtr d = root->childScopes()[2];
-    QQmlJSScope::ConstPtr qualifiedA = root->childScopes()[3];
-    QQmlJSScope::ConstPtr qualifiedB = root->childScopes()[4];
+    QCOMPARE(root->childScopes().size(), 4);
+    QQmlJSScope::ConstPtr b = root->childScopes()[0];
+    QQmlJSScope::ConstPtr d = root->childScopes()[1];
+    QQmlJSScope::ConstPtr qualifiedA = root->childScopes()[2];
+    QQmlJSScope::ConstPtr qualifiedB = root->childScopes()[3];
 
-    QCOMPARE(qualifiedNameOf(a), "QualifiedNamesTests/A 5.0");
     QCOMPARE(qualifiedNameOf(b), "QualifiedNamesTests/B 5.0-6.0");
     QCOMPARE(qualifiedNameOf(d), "QualifiedNamesTests/D 6.0");
     QCOMPARE(qualifiedNameOf(qualifiedA), "QualifiedNamesTests/A 5.0");