diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5tools/qt5tools.mk b/package/qt5/qt5tools/qt5tools.mk
index 401b57a211..0543afd8f7 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5tools/qt5tools.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5tools/qt5tools.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ QT5TOOLS_VERSION = $(QT5_VERSION)
 QT5TOOLS_SITE = $(QT5_SITE)
 QT5TOOLS_SOURCE = qttools-$(QT5_SOURCE_TARBALL_PREFIX)-$(QT5TOOLS_VERSION).tar.xz
 
-QT5TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES = qt5base
 QT5TOOLS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 # linguist tools compile conditionally on qtHaveModule(qmldevtools-private),
@@ -45,10 +44,6 @@ QT5TOOLS_INSTALL_TARGET_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5TOOLS_QTPATHS) += qtpaths
 QT5TOOLS_BUILD_DIRS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5TOOLS_QTPLUGININFO) += qtplugininfo
 QT5TOOLS_INSTALL_TARGET_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5TOOLS_QTPLUGININFO) += qtplugininfo
 
-define QT5TOOLS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_DIR)/bin/qmake)
-endef
-
 define QT5TOOLS_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) sub-src-qmake_all
 	$(foreach p,$(QT5TOOLS_BUILD_DIRS_y), \
@@ -66,4 +61,4 @@ define QT5TOOLS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 		$(INSTALL) -D -m0755 $(@D)/bin/$(p) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/$(p)$(sep))
 endef
 
-$(eval $(generic-package))
+$(eval $(qmake-package))