diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index 322c35156f..df478bec89 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ $(package)_config_opts += -no-system-proxies
 $(package)_config_opts += -no-use-gold-linker
 $(package)_config_opts += -nomake examples
 $(package)_config_opts += -nomake tests
+$(package)_config_opts += -nomake tools
 $(package)_config_opts += -opensource
 $(package)_config_opts += -pkg-config
 $(package)_config_opts += -prefix $(host_prefix)
diff --git a/depends/patches/qt/qttools_src.pro b/depends/patches/qt/qttools_src.pro
index 487e226e97..6ef71a0942 100644
--- a/depends/patches/qt/qttools_src.pro
+++ b/depends/patches/qt/qttools_src.pro
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 TEMPLATE = subdirs
 SUBDIRS = linguist
+
+fb = force_bootstrap
+CONFIG += $$fb
+cache(CONFIG, add, fb)