Don't let PATH get in the way of proper Qt5 detection. It could lead to broken configure due to mismanaged qtchooser config. --- a/configure.ac 2020-11-21 16:35:58.433794709 +0100 +++ b/configure.ac 2020-11-21 18:02:41.835207197 +0100 @@ -11819,7 +11819,7 @@ qt5_test_library="libQt5Widgets.so" dnl Check for qmake5 - AC_PATH_PROGS( QMAKE5, [qmake-qt5 qmake], no, [$QT5DIR/bin:$PATH]) + AC_PATH_PROGS( QMAKE5, [qmake-qt5 qmake], no, [$QT5DIR/bin]) if test "$QMAKE5" = "no"; then AC_MSG_ERROR([Qmake not found. Please specify the root of your Qt5 installation by exporting QT5DIR before running "configure".]) else @@ -11886,7 +11886,7 @@ dnl Check for Meta Object Compiler - AC_PATH_PROGS( MOC5, [moc-qt5 moc], no, [`dirname $qt5_libdir`/bin:$QT5DIR/bin:$PATH]) + AC_PATH_PROGS( MOC5, [moc-qt5 moc], no, [$QT5DIR/bin]) if test "$MOC5" = "no"; then AC_MSG_ERROR([Qt Meta Object Compiler not found. Please specify the root of your Qt installation by exporting QT5DIR before running "configure".])