diff --git a/meta-ros2-iron/recipes-bbappends/qt-gui-core/qt-gui-cpp_2.4.2-1.bbappend b/meta-ros2-iron/recipes-bbappends/qt-gui-core/qt-gui-cpp_2.4.2-1.bbappend
index 733d7555016..df8ec276cda 100644
--- a/meta-ros2-iron/recipes-bbappends/qt-gui-core/qt-gui-cpp_2.4.2-1.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ros2-iron/recipes-bbappends/qt-gui-core/qt-gui-cpp_2.4.2-1.bbappend
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 
-inherit qmake5_base python3native
+inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('BBFILE_COLLECTIONS', 'qt5-layer', 'cmake_qt5', '', d)}
+
+inherit python3native
 
 # This is needed to set OE_QMAKE_PATH_EXTERNAL_HOST_BINS to resolve:
 # | -- Found PythonLibs: ros2-foxy-dunfell/tmp-glibc/work/core2-64-oe-linux/qt-gui-cpp/1.0.8-1-r0/recipe-sysroot/usr/lib/libpython3.8.so (found suitable version "3.8.2", minimum required is "3.8")