diff --git a/qt5-qtbase.spec b/qt5-qtbase.spec
index 0de740e..acf1480 100644
--- a/qt5-qtbase.spec
+++ b/qt5-qtbase.spec
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 %global qt_module qtbase
 
-%global bootstrap 1
-
 %global rpm_macros_dir %(d=%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d; [ -d $d ] || d=%{_sysconfdir}/rpm; echo $d)
 
 # define to build docs, need to undef this for bootstrapping