diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cb461154d3..e61acf9568 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     Bug #5379: Wandering NPCs falling through cantons
     Bug #5453: Magic effect VFX are offset for creatures
     Bug #5483: AutoCalc flag is not used to calculate spells cost
+    Bug #5508: Engine binary links to Qt without using it
     Bug #5755: Active grid object paging - disappearing textures
     Bug #5788: Texture editing parses the selected indexes wrongly
     Bug #5842: GetDisposition adds temporary disposition change from different actors
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b69cb5b71f..c733c22ff5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@ endif()
 
 # Components
 add_subdirectory (components)
-target_compile_definitions(components PRIVATE OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL="${OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL}")
 
 # Apps and tools
 if (BUILD_OPENMW)
diff --git a/apps/launcher/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
index 3018237705..e9ec906e6a 100644
--- a/apps/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ endif (WIN32)
 target_link_libraries(openmw-launcher
     ${SDL2_LIBRARY_ONLY}
     ${OPENAL_LIBRARY}
-    components
+    components_qt
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(openmw-launcher Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Core)
diff --git a/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
index 88c4233c9c..c76e322055 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ target_link_libraries(openmw-cs
     ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY}
     ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY}
     ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY}
-    components
+    components_qt
 )
 
 if(OSG_STATIC)
diff --git a/apps/wizard/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/wizard/CMakeLists.txt
index 10e06d1ff0..2558ec81de 100644
--- a/apps/wizard/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/wizard/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ openmw_add_executable(openmw-wizard
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(openmw-wizard
-    components
+    components_qt
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(openmw-wizard Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Core)
diff --git a/cmake/OpenMWMacros.cmake b/cmake/OpenMWMacros.cmake
index 1621a08cfd..176a02d507 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenMWMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenMWMacros.cmake
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ foreach (u ${ARGN})
 file (GLOB ALL "${dir}/${u}.[ch]pp")
 foreach (f ${ALL})
 list (APPEND files "${f}")
-list (APPEND COMPONENT_FILES "${f}")
+list (APPEND COMPONENT_QT_FILES "${f}")
 endforeach (f)
 file (GLOB MOC_H "${dir}/${u}.hpp")
 foreach (fi ${MOC_H})
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 3388d34a09..3de864ea52 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ if (USE_QT)
         processinvoker
         )
 
-    add_component_dir (misc
+    add_component_qt_dir (misc
         helpviewer
         )
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ endif ()
 
 include_directories(${BULLET_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
-add_library(components STATIC ${COMPONENT_FILES} ${MOC_SRCS} ${ESM_UI_HDR})
+add_library(components STATIC ${COMPONENT_FILES})
 
 target_link_libraries(components
     # CMake's built-in OSG finder does not use pkgconfig, so we have to
@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ if (WIN32)
 endif()
 
 if (USE_QT)
-    target_link_libraries(components Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Core)
+    add_library(components_qt STATIC ${COMPONENT_QT_FILES} ${MOC_SRCS} ${ESM_UI_HDR})
+    target_link_libraries(components_qt components Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Core)
+    target_compile_definitions(components_qt PRIVATE OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL="${OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL}")
 endif()
 
 if (GIT_CHECKOUT)