diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index b328fed771..f9684908f0 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ SRC_URI += " \
   file://0002-qmake-is-already-built-in-qt5-tools-native.patch \
   file://0003-Allow-building-a-separate-qmake-for-the-target.patch \
 "
-#file://0001-qlibraryinfo-allow-to-set-qt.conf-from-the-outside-u.patch
 
 # to provide xcb/xcb_icccm.h, xcb/xcb_image.h, xcb/xcb_keysyms.h
 DEPENDS += "xcb-util-wm xcb-util-image xcb-util-keysyms"
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/0001-qlibraryinfo-allow-to-set-qt.conf-from-the-outside-u.patch b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/0001-qlibraryinfo-allow-to-set-qt.conf-from-the-outside-u.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b5bed9a2c..0000000000
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/0001-qlibraryinfo-allow-to-set-qt.conf-from-the-outside-u.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-From d5a0cf45ebbd6a5911f8bd208fe355eb990b5388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Holger Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:22:30 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] qlibraryinfo: allow to set qt.conf from the outside using the environment
-
-Allow to set a qt.conf from the outside using the environment. This allows
-to inject new prefixes and other paths into qmake. This is needed when using
-the same qmake binary to build qt/x11 and qt/embedded
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-Signed-off-by: Martin Jansa <Martin.Jansa@gmail.com>
----
- src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp |    5 +++++
- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
-index ccf0718..497e72e 100644
---- a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
-+++ b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
-@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
- QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
- extern QString qt_libraryInfoFile();
- QT_END_NAMESPACE
-+#include <stdlib.h>
-+#include <stdio.h>
- #elif defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED)
- QString qt_libraryInfoFile()
- {
-@@ -142,6 +143,11 @@ QSettings *QLibraryInfoPrivate::findConfiguration()
- #ifdef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
-     if(!QFile::exists(qtconfig))
-         qtconfig = qt_libraryInfoFile();
-+    if (!QFile::exists(qtconfig)) {
-+        QByteArray config = getenv("QT_CONF_PATH");
-+	qtconfig = QFile::decodeName(config);
-+	printf("using qt.conf %s", qtconfig.toLatin1().data());
-+    }
- #else
-     if (!QFile::exists(qtconfig) && QCoreApplication::instance()) {
- #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
--- 
-1.7.4.1
-