diff --git a/3rdparty/ext_pyqt/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/ext_pyqt/CMakeLists.txt
index 2421c1aaf0..cb056cddbb 100644
--- a/3rdparty/ext_pyqt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/ext_pyqt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,71 +1,70 @@
 SET(PREFIX_ext_pyqt "${EXTPREFIX}" )
 if (UNIX)
     SET(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE_PATH ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin/python3)
     if(NOT EXISTS ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE_PATH})
       message("WARNING: using system python3!")
       SET(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE_PATH python3)
     endif()
 
     list(APPEND _PYQT_conf
         --confirm-license
         --qmake ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin/qmake
         --sip ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin/sip
         --sip-incdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/include
         --sipdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/share/sip
     )
     ExternalProject_Add( ext_pyqt
         DOWNLOAD_DIR ${EXTERNALS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
         URL https://files.kde.org/krita/build/dependencies/PyQt5_gpl-5.13.1.tar.gz
         URL_MD5 c77af2f4e230b0053fd22bc2ece2e6c0
         
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE_PATH} <SOURCE_DIR>/configure.py ${_PYQT_conf}
         BUILD_COMMAND make
 
         # force single-threaded installation to avoid
         # race conditions in post-install .py script
         INSTALL_COMMAND make -j1 install
         
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
 
         UPDATE_COMMAND ""
     )
 elseif(MINGW)
 
     list(APPEND _PYQT_conf
         --confirm-license
         --target-py-version 3.8
         --bindir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin
-        --qt ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}
         --qmake ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin/qmake.exe
         --sip ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin/sip.exe
         --sip-incdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/include
         --spec win32-g++
         --verbose
         --sipdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/share/sip
         --destdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/lib/krita-python-libs
         --stubsdir ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/lib/krita-python-libs/PyQt5
         --no-qml-plugin --no-python-dbus --no-qsci-api --no-tools
         --disable QtSql --disable QtTest --disable QtWinExtras --disable QtHelp
         --qmake ${PREFIX_ext_pyqt}/bin/qmake.exe
     )
     ExternalProject_Add( ext_pyqt
         DOWNLOAD_DIR ${EXTERNALS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
         URL https://files.kde.org/krita/build/dependencies/PyQt5_gpl-5.13.1.zip
         URL_MD5 bf3c8d54d99a6ee355a309925e403c6e
 
         PATCH_COMMAND  ${PATCH_COMMAND} -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pyqt-configure-fix.patch
 
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} <SOURCE_DIR>/configure.py ${_PYQT_conf}
         BUILD_COMMAND mingw32-make -j${SUBMAKE_JOBS} CXXFLAGS=-D_hypot=hypot LDFLAGS=${SECURITY_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}
 
         # force single-threaded installation to avoid
         # race conditions in post-install .py script
         INSTALL_COMMAND mingw32-make -j1 install
         
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
 
         UPDATE_COMMAND ""
     )
 
 endif()