diff --git a/src/core/qgsvectordataprovider.h b/src/core/qgsvectordataprovider.h
index a008a41e02a..5cd03be203c 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsvectordataprovider.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsvectordataprovider.h
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsVectorDataProvider : public QgsDataProvider, public QgsFeat
      * \see empty()
      * \since QGIS 3.4
      */
-    virtual QgsFeatureSource::FeatureAvailability hasFeatures() const final;
+    virtual QgsFeatureSource::FeatureAvailability hasFeatures() const;
 
     /**
      * Returns the fields associated with this data provider.