diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index 6d19547b42a..3e032b0e64d 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $(package)_linguist_tools = lrelease lupdate lconvert
 $(package)_patches = qt.pro qttools_src.pro
 $(package)_patches += fix_qt_pkgconfig.patch mac-qmake.conf fix_no_printer.patch no-xlib.patch
 $(package)_patches+= fix_android_qmake_conf.patch fix_android_jni_static.patch dont_hardcode_pwd.patch
-$(package)_patches+= drop_lrelease_dependency.patch no_sdk_version_check.patch
+$(package)_patches+= no_sdk_version_check.patch
 $(package)_patches+= fix_lib_paths.patch fix_android_pch.patch
 $(package)_patches+= qtbase-moc-ignore-gcc-macro.patch fix_limits_header.patch
 
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ endef
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   cp $($(package)_patch_dir)/qt.pro qt.pro && \
   cp $($(package)_patch_dir)/qttools_src.pro qttools/src/src.pro && \
-  patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/drop_lrelease_dependency.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/dont_hardcode_pwd.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix_qt_pkgconfig.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix_no_printer.patch && \
diff --git a/depends/patches/qt/drop_lrelease_dependency.patch b/depends/patches/qt/drop_lrelease_dependency.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b918af77c4..00000000000
--- a/depends/patches/qt/drop_lrelease_dependency.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-commit 67b3ed7406e1d0762188dbad2c44a06824ba0778
-Author: fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>
-Date:   Tue Aug 18 15:24:01 2020 +0800
-
-    Drop dependency on lrelease
-
-    Qts buildsystem insists on using the installed lrelease, but gets
-    confused about how to find it. Since we manually control the build
-    order, just drop the dependency.
-
-    See #9469
-
-diff --git a/qttranslations/translations/translations.pro b/qttranslations/translations/translations.pro
-index 694544c..eff339d 100644
---- a/qttranslations/translations/translations.pro
-+++ b/qttranslations/translations/translations.pro
-@@ -107,3 +107,2 @@ updateqm.commands = $$LRELEASE ${QMAKE_FILE_IN} -qm ${QMAKE_FILE_OUT}
- silent:updateqm.commands = @echo lrelease ${QMAKE_FILE_IN} && $$updateqm.commands
--updateqm.depends = $$LRELEASE_EXE
- updateqm.name = LRELEASE ${QMAKE_FILE_IN}