diff --git a/debian/_base/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules b/debian/_base/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
index c498ce8ca..85d92e923 100755
--- a/debian/_base/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/_base/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS += \
 	--prefix=/opt/trinity \
 	--mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man \
 	--infodir=\$${prefix}/share/info \
-	--with-qt-dir=/usr/share/tqt3 \
 	--disable-rpath \
 
 DEB_MAKE_INSTALL_TARGET := install \
diff --git a/ubuntu/_base/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules b/ubuntu/_base/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
index c498ce8ca..85d92e923 100755
--- a/ubuntu/_base/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
+++ b/ubuntu/_base/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS += \
 	--prefix=/opt/trinity \
 	--mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man \
 	--infodir=\$${prefix}/share/info \
-	--with-qt-dir=/usr/share/tqt3 \
 	--disable-rpath \
 
 DEB_MAKE_INSTALL_TARGET := install \