diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index 32979244e47..0c3ef8c82f1 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -265,5 +265,5 @@ endef
 
 define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
   rm -rf native/mkspecs/ native/lib/ lib/cmake/ && \
-  rm -f lib/lib*.la lib/*.prl plugins/*/*.prl
+  rm -f lib/lib*.la
 endef
diff --git a/depends/patches/qt/qt.pro b/depends/patches/qt/qt.pro
index 6d8b7fdb6a2..8f2e900a840 100644
--- a/depends/patches/qt/qt.pro
+++ b/depends/patches/qt/qt.pro
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ cache(, super)
 
 !QTDIR_build: cache(CONFIG, add, $$list(QTDIR_build))
 
+prl = no_install_prl
+CONFIG += $$prl
+cache(CONFIG, add stash, prl)
+
 TEMPLATE = subdirs
 SUBDIRS = qtbase qttools qttranslations