diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
index e2ef7ee49..05ef33f2e 100644
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ SDK_PATH ?= $(BASEDIR)/SDKs
 NO_QT ?=
 NO_WALLET ?=
 NO_UPNP ?=
-USE_LINUX_STATIC_QT5 ?=
 FALLBACK_DOWNLOAD_PATH ?= https://bitcoincore.org/depends-sources
 
 BUILD = $(shell ./config.guess)
diff --git a/depends/README.usage b/depends/README.usage
index f5aa5314a..24e1231d8 100644
--- a/depends/README.usage
+++ b/depends/README.usage
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ NO_QT: Don't download/build/cache qt and its dependencies
 NO_WALLET: Don't download/build/cache libs needed to enable the wallet
 NO_UPNP: Don't download/build/cache packages needed for enabling upnp
 DEBUG: disable some optimizations and enable more runtime checking
-USE_LINUX_STATIC_QT5: Build a static qt5 rather than shared qt4. Linux only.
 
 If some packages are not built, for example 'make NO_WALLET=1', the appropriate
 options will be passed to bitcoin's configure. In this case, --disable-wallet.
diff --git a/depends/packages/packages.mk b/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 08fd8a524..03908aba5 100644
--- a/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -4,15 +4,10 @@ native_packages := native_ccache native_comparisontool
 qt_native_packages = native_protobuf
 qt_packages = qrencode protobuf
 
-qt46_linux_packages = qt46 expat dbus libxcb xcb_proto libXau xproto freetype libX11 xextproto libXext xtrans libICE libSM
-qt5_linux_packages= qt expat dbus libxcb xcb_proto libXau xproto freetype fontconfig libX11 xextproto libXext xtrans
-
+qt_linux_packages= qt expat dbus libxcb xcb_proto libXau xproto freetype fontconfig libX11 xextproto libXext xtrans
 qt_darwin_packages=qt
 qt_mingw32_packages=qt
 
-qt_linux_$(USE_LINUX_STATIC_QT5):=$(qt5_linux_packages)
-qt_linux_:=$(qt46_linux_packages)
-qt_linux_packages:=$(qt_linux_$(USE_LINUX_STATIC_QT5))
 
 wallet_packages=bdb