diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py
index 6bcc16a6bf..18fe4c16ae 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ def common_config_args(self):
             config_args.append('-I%s/dbus-1.0/include' % dbus.lib)
             config_args.append('-I%s/dbus-1.0' % dbus.include)
             config_args.append('-L%s' % dbus.lib)
-            config_args.append('-ldbus-1')
         else:
             config_args.append('-no-dbus')