diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
index c7428587ef..b50d4469f6 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
     -silent \
     -nomake examples \
     -nomake tests \
-    -nomake demos \
     -no-rpath \
     -platform linux-oe-g++ \
 "
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index b0f0447013..739a9361ac 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ QT_STL ?= "-stl"
 QT_SYSTEM_LIBS ?= "-system-libjpeg -system-libpng -system-zlib"
 QT_TESTS ?= "-nomake tests"
 QT_EXAMPLES ?= "-nomake examples"
-QT_DEMOS ?= "-nomake demos"
 QT_RELEASE ?= "-release"
 
 QT_CONFIG_FLAGS += " \
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ QT_CONFIG_FLAGS += " \
     ${QT_GLFLAGS} \
     ${QT_TESTS} \
     ${QT_EXAMPLES} \
-    ${QT_DEMOS} \
 "
 
 INC_PR = "r1"