diff --git a/srcpkgs/QLC+/patches/werror.patch b/srcpkgs/QLC+/patches/werror.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35a0fe720c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/QLC+/patches/werror.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/variables.cmake
++++ b/variables.cmake
+@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ if(MSVC)
+ 
+ elseif(NOT APPLE AND NOT IOS)
+ 
+-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Werror")
+     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wextra")
+     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall")
+ endif()
+--- a/variables.pri
++++ b/variables.pri
+@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ qmlui:  APPVERSION = 5.0.0 GIT
+ #############################################################################
+ 
+ # Treat all compiler warnings as errors
+-#QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Werror
+-unix:QMAKE_CFLAGS += -Werror
+ 
+ CONFIG         += warn_on
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/QLC+/template b/srcpkgs/QLC+/template
index 98497356ff3..d83f8b5703f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/QLC+/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/QLC+/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=QLC+
 version=4.14.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake ninja pkg-config qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools"
 makedepends="eudev-libudev-devel qt5-devel qt5-declarative-devel
  qt5-multimedia-devel qt5-script-devel qt5-websockets-devel
  qt5-serialport-devel qt5-svg-devel qt5-tools-devel alsa-lib-devel
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ homepage="https://www.qlcplus.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mcallegari/qlcplus/archive/QLC+_$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=5a8ca95208e8d91715b77c47d9011e2e9d2b1129656a94d2bf1425e5477ada51
 
-pre_build() {
-	vsed -i 's/QMAKE_CXXFLAGS/#QMAKE_CXXFLAGS/' variables.pri
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/lib/udev/rules.d
 	mv $DESTDIR/etc/udev/rules.d/* $DESTDIR/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/