diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index 6f00cd3559b89..f32b53863396a 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ $(package)_patches = qt.pro
 $(package)_patches += qttools_src.pro
 $(package)_patches += mac-qmake.conf
 $(package)_patches += fix_qt_pkgconfig.patch
-$(package)_patches += fix_qt_placeholders.patch
 $(package)_patches += no-xlib.patch
 $(package)_patches += fix_android_jni_static.patch
 $(package)_patches += dont_hardcode_pwd.patch
@@ -239,7 +238,6 @@ define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix-macos-linker.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/dont_hardcode_pwd.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix_qt_pkgconfig.patch && \
-  patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix_qt_placeholders.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix_android_jni_static.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/no-xlib.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/qtbase-moc-ignore-gcc-macro.patch && \
diff --git a/depends/patches/qt/fix_qt_placeholders.patch b/depends/patches/qt/fix_qt_placeholders.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 79131ae22a2b9..0000000000000
--- a/depends/patches/qt/fix_qt_placeholders.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- old/qtbase/src/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle.cpp
-+++ new/qtbase/src/widgets/styles/qstylesheetstyle.cpp
-@@ -1465,7 +1465,6 @@ void QRenderRule::configurePalette(QPalette *p, QPalette::ColorGroup cg, const Q
-         p->setBrush(cg, w->foregroundRole(), pal->foreground);
-         p->setBrush(cg, QPalette::WindowText, pal->foreground);
-         p->setBrush(cg, QPalette::Text, pal->foreground);
--        p->setBrush(cg, QPalette::PlaceholderText, pal->foreground);
-     }
-     if (pal->selectionBackground.style() != Qt::NoBrush)
-         p->setBrush(cg, QPalette::Highlight, pal->selectionBackground);