diff --git a/classes/qmake5.bbclass b/classes/qmake5.bbclass
index 349928f081..a49a7895f3 100644
--- a/classes/qmake5.bbclass
+++ b/classes/qmake5.bbclass
@@ -14,3 +14,11 @@ DEPENDS_prepend = "${QT5TOOLSDEPENDS}"
 #OE_QMAKE_LIBS_X11SM = "-lSM -lICE"
 #OE_QMAKE_LRELEASE = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/lrelease5"
 #OE_QMAKE_LUPDATE = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/lupdate5"
+
+do_configure() {
+    qmake5_base_do_configure
+}
+
+do_install() {
+    qmake5_base_do_install
+}
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
index 0bf8e6383d..a8929886d2 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
@@ -9,14 +9,6 @@ ICU_powerpc = "pango"
 
 QT_MODULE ?= "${BPN}"
 
-do_configure() {
-    qmake5_base_do_configure
-}
-
-do_install() {
-    qmake5_base_do_install
-}
-
 # we don't want conflicts with qt4
 OE_QMAKE_PATH_HEADERS = "${includedir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}"
 OE_QMAKE_PATH_ARCHDATA = "${libdir}/${QT_DIR_NAME}"