https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525727
https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtdeclarative/+/777121
--- a/src/quick/util/qquickpixmapcache.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/util/qquickpixmapcache.cpp
@@ -262,5 +262,4 @@
         return runLoopReaderThreadExecutionEnforcer;
     }
-    QObject *eventLoopQuitHack;
     QMutex mutex;
     ReaderThreadExecutionEnforcer *runLoopReaderThreadExecutionEnforcer = nullptr;
@@ -607,7 +606,4 @@
     Q_DETACH_THREAD_AFFINITY_MARKER(m_readerThreadAffinityMarker);
 #if QT_CONFIG(quick_pixmap_cache_threaded_download)
-    eventLoopQuitHack = new QObject;
-    eventLoopQuitHack->moveToThread(this);
-    QObject::connect(eventLoopQuitHack, &QObject::destroyed, this, &QThread::quit, Qt::DirectConnection);
     start(QThread::LowestPriority);
 #else
@@ -657,9 +653,5 @@
 
 #if QT_CONFIG(quick_pixmap_cache_threaded_download)
-    // ... schedule stopping of this thread via the eventLoopQuitHack (processJobs scheduled above
-    // will run first) ...
-    eventLoopQuitHack->deleteLater();
-    // ... and wait() for it all to finish, as the thread will only quit after eventLoopQuitHack
-    // has been deleted.
+    quit();
     wait();
 #endif