diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
index 729c5f388f99..e60ae2082f4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ qtModule {
 
   dontUseNinjaBuild = true;
   dontUseNinjaInstall = true;
-  dontUseXcbuild = true;
 
   postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
     cat > $out/libexec/qt.conf <<EOF