diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index 2430035119..a6fb3b22c4 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ SRC_URI += "\
 SRC_URI += "\
     file://0010-qmake-is-already-built-in-qtbase-native.patch \
     file://0011-Allow-building-a-separate-qmake-for-the-target.patch \
-    file://0012-qtbase-allow-build-of-examples.patch \
     file://0013-QOpenGLPaintDevice-sub-area-support.patch \
     file://0014-eglfs-fix-egl-error-for-platforms-only-supporting-on.patch \
     file://0015-Fix-linuxfb-argument-mmsize-parsing.patch \
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[release] = "-release,-debug"
 PACKAGECONFIG[developer] = "-developer-build"
 PACKAGECONFIG[sm] = "-sm,-no-sm"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "-make tests,-nomake tests"
-PACKAGECONFIG[examples] = "-make examples,-nomake examples"
+PACKAGECONFIG[examples] = "-make examples -compile-examples,-nomake examples"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tools] = "-make tools,-nomake tools"
 # only for completeness, configure will add libs even if you try to explicitly remove it
 PACKAGECONFIG[libs] = "-make libs,-nomake libs"
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/0012-qtbase-allow-build-of-examples.patch b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/0012-qtbase-allow-build-of-examples.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d46d2fb18..0000000000
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/0012-qtbase-allow-build-of-examples.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-From 6e5e22110b4731b4324d309bc579393f422ba99d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Eric=20B=C3=A9nard?= <eric@eukrea.com>
-Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 17:34:32 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 12/14] qtbase: allow build of examples
-MIME-Version: 1.0
-Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
-Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
-
-this revert the following commit :
-
-commit 2b397f985e4ef6ae5c0571a928bb1320fb048c61
-Author: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@digia.com>
-Date:   Fri Dec 21 19:36:12 2012 +0100
-
-    do not actually build examples in production builds
-
-    -developer-build enables an actual build of examples, based on the
-    assumption that developers want to test it (it can be still disabled
-    with -nomake examples). regular users otoh want only the examples
-    sources installed.
-
-    Change-Id: Ifc6a108099929175a3960480802b271a758fdd38
-    Reviewed-by: Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@digia.com>
-
-Signed-off-by: Eric Bénard <eric@eukrea.com>
----
- mkspecs/features/qt_example_installs.prf | 7 -------
- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/mkspecs/features/qt_example_installs.prf b/mkspecs/features/qt_example_installs.prf
-index 2db752c..ca1b0c7 100644
---- a/mkspecs/features/qt_example_installs.prf
-+++ b/mkspecs/features/qt_example_installs.prf
-@@ -92,11 +92,4 @@ probase = $$relative_path($$_PRO_FILE_PWD_, $$dirname(_QMAKE_CONF_)/examples)
-         allfiles -= doc
-         !isEmpty(allfiles): warning("remaining files in $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_: $$allfiles")
-     }
--
--    !equals(TEMPLATE, subdirs):!compile_examples {
--        TEMPLATE = aux
--        CONFIG -= have_target qt staticlib dll
--        SOURCES =
--        INSTALLS -= target
--    }
- }
--- 
-1.8.5.3
-