diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index 559f54d4c6..d1831a1a67 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN}-tools += "perl"
 PACKAGECONFIG_GL ?= "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'opengl', 'gl', '', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG_FB ?= "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'directfb', 'directfb', '', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG_X11 ?= "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'xcb xvideo xsync xshape xrender xrandr xfixes xinput2 xinput xinerama xcursor gtkstyle', '', d)}"
-PACKAGECONFIG_FONTS ?= "fontconfig freetype"
+PACKAGECONFIG_FONTS ?= "freetype"
 PACKAGECONFIG_SYSTEM ?= "jpeg libpng zlib"
 PACKAGECONFIG_MULTIMEDIA ?= "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pulseaudio', 'pulseaudio', '', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG_DISTRO ?= ""