From 2556e06db079a1da058ab99e8fc19477b2cdabcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Lo=C3=AFc=20Bartoletti?= <loic.bartoletti@oslandia.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 16:10:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [Browser] Goodbye OWS. Fixes #24841

---
 src/core/browser/qgsdataitemproviderregistry.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core/browser/qgsdataitemproviderregistry.cpp b/src/core/browser/qgsdataitemproviderregistry.cpp
index 133a944fea75..db3defd33e00 100644
--- a/src/core/browser/qgsdataitemproviderregistry.cpp
+++ b/src/core/browser/qgsdataitemproviderregistry.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ QgsDataItemProviderRegistry::QgsDataItemProviderRegistry()
 {
   QStringList providersList = QgsProviderRegistry::instance()->providerList();
 
+  // OWS is not useful in the browser.
+  // The OWS type connections (WFS/WMS) are available in their respective menus.
+  // Having an OWS menu in the browser only brings disadvantages.
+  // See https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/24841
+  providersList.removeOne( QStringLiteral( "ows" ) );
+
   const auto constProvidersList = providersList;
   for ( const QString &key : constProvidersList )
   {