diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index f92d37ea33..e42dc350c0 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -5,8 +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://0004-configure-eval-QMAKE_CXX.patch \
-  file://qmake.conf.sh \
-  file://qplatformdefs.h \
 "
 
 DEPENDS += "qtbase-native virtual/libgl freetype jpeg libpng zlib openssl glib-2.0 ${ICU}"
@@ -53,12 +51,6 @@ EOF
 OE_XQMAKESPEC="${S}/mkspecs/${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++"
 
 do_configure_append() {
-    # qtbase is exception, create mkspecs for it
-    if [ ! -e ${OE_XQMAKESPEC} ]; then
-        mkdir -p ${OE_XQMAKESPEC}
-        bash ${WORKDIR}/qmake.conf.sh > ${OE_XQMAKESPEC}/qmake.conf
-    fi
-
     ./configure -v \
         -dont-process \
         -opensource -confirm-license \
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/qmake.conf.sh b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/qmake.conf.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index a3164d6893..0000000000
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/qmake.conf.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-cat <<EOF
-#
-# qmake configuration for building with openembedded
-#
-
-MAKEFILE_GENERATOR      = UNIX
-TARGET_PLATFORM         = unix
-TEMPLATE                = app
-CONFIG                  += qt warn_on release incremental link_prl gdb_dwarf_index
-QT                      += core gui
-QMAKE_INCREMENTAL_STYLE = sublib
-
-include(../common/linux.conf)
-include(../common/gcc-base-unix.conf)
-include(../common/g++-unix.conf)
-
-QMAKE_INCDIR_QT       = ${OE_QMAKE_INCDIR_QT}
-QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT       = ${OE_QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT}
-QMAKE_LIBS_X11        = ${OE_QMAKE_LIBS_X11}
-QMAKE_LIBS_X11SM      = ${OE_QMAKE_LIBS_X11SM}
-QMAKE_MOC             = ${OE_QMAKE_MOC}
-QMAKE_UIC             = ${OE_QMAKE_UIC}
-QMAKE_RCC             = ${OE_QMAKE_RCC}
-#QMAKE_AR              = ${OE_QMAKE_AR} cqs
-QMAKE_AR              = ${OE_QMAKE_AR}
-QMAKE_STRIP           = ${OE_QMAKE_STRIP}
-QMAKE_CFLAGS         += ${OE_QMAKE_CFLAGS}
-QMAKE_CXXFLAGS       += \$\$QMAKE_CFLAGS ${OE_QMAKE_CXXFLAGS}
-QMAKE_LFLAGS         += ${OE_QMAKE_LDFLAGS}
-QMAKE_CC              = ${OE_QMAKE_CC}
-QMAKE_LINK_C          = ${OE_QMAKE_LINK}
-QMAKE_LINK_C_SHLIB    = ${OE_QMAKE_LINK}
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += ${OE_QMAKE_CFLAGS}
-QMAKE_CXX             = ${OE_QMAKE_CXX}
-QMAKE_LINK            = ${OE_QMAKE_LINK}
-QMAKE_LINK_SHLIB      = ${OE_QMAKE_LINK}
-QMAKE_CONF_COMPILER   = ${OE_QMAKE_CONF_COMPILER}
-QMAKE_QT_CONFIG       = ${OE_QMAKE_QT_CONFIG}
-
-load(qt_config)
-EOF
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/qplatformdefs.h b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/qplatformdefs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d22fb4101..0000000000
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase/qplatformdefs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include "../linux-g++/qplatformdefs.h"