diff --git a/misc/kdeedu-data/Makefile b/misc/kdeedu-data/Makefile
index 68f3c7a96060..6ab3558fff36 100644
--- a/misc/kdeedu-data/Makefile
+++ b/misc/kdeedu-data/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 PORTNAME=	kdeedu-data
 DISTVERSION=	${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION}
 CATEGORIES=	misc kde kde-applications
 
 MAINTAINER=	kde@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	KDE edu data files
 
 USES=		cmake kde:5 qt:5 tar:xz
 USE_KDE=	ecm
 USE_QT=		buildtools_build qmake_build
 
-# The qmake dependency is only needed so that kf5-e-c-m can query qmake for
-# some installation directories.
-# We explicitly prevent it from looking for qt5-core and specify qmake's path
-# to avoid needlessly depending on qt5-core.
-CMAKE_ARGS=	-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Qt5Core=TRUE \
-		-DQMAKE_EXECUTABLE:PATH=${QMAKE}
-
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>