New comment by pullmoll on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/12964#issuecomment-510128849 Comment: I think the problem is we have no `qt5-core` or `qt5-libs` package with only the `libQt5Core.so.*` files. Depending on `qt5` through `libQt5Core.so.*` means the whole shebang of dependencies is installed. I guess we could fix that for `qt5-5.13.0` by adding a separate `qt5-core` package and moving the libs into it. Edit: Or even better `qt5-base` as this is how other distributions (with split builds) usually call it. Of course `qt5` must depend on `qt5-base` and other modules probably as well depending on if the utilize the UI or not.