diff --git a/gui/gui.pro b/gui/gui.pro
index 0a0b3db33..e5b927c56 100644
--- a/gui/gui.pro
+++ b/gui/gui.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 TEMPLATE = app
 TARGET = cppcheck-gui
-QT += xml
 CONFIG += warn_on help
 DEPENDPATH += . \
     ../lib