diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cf0a7e5c..344a9eea 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -158,12 +158,6 @@ if(Qt5QmlModels_PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
   list(APPEND QT5_LIBRARIES Qt5QmlModels)
 endif()
 
-# TODO: drop this once we switch to Qt 5.12+
-find_package(Qt5XmlPatterns QUIET)
-if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
-  list(APPEND QT5_LIBRARIES Qt5XmlPatterns)
-endif()
-
 foreach(QT5_MODULE ${QT5_LIBRARIES})
   find_package(${QT5_MODULE} REQUIRED)
   include_directories(${${QT5_MODULE}_INCLUDE_DIRS})