diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index dafa1bb03..dccf0854b 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -472,26 +472,12 @@ STATIC_LIBDC="$INSTALL_ROOT/$(grep ^libdir Makefile | cut -d/ -f2)/libdivecomput
 
 if [ "$PLATFORM" = Darwin ] ; then
 	if [ -z "$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH" ] ; then
+		# we already found qmake and can get the right path information from that
 		libdir=$($QMAKE -query QT_INSTALL_LIBS)
 		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 			export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$libdir/cmake
-		elif [ -d "$HOME/Qt/5.9.1" ] ; then
-			export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=~/Qt/5.9.1/clang_64/lib/cmake
-		elif [ -d "$HOME/Qt/5.9" ] ; then
-			export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=~/Qt/5.9/clang_64/lib/cmake
-		elif [ -d "$HOME/Qt/5.8" ] ; then
-			export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=~/Qt/5.8/clang_64/lib/cmake
-		elif [ -d "$HOME/Qt/5.7" ] ; then
-			export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=~/Qt/5.7/clang_64/lib/cmake
-		elif [ -d "$HOME/Qt/5.6" ] ; then
-			export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=~/Qt/5.6/clang_64/lib/cmake
-		elif [ -d "$HOME/Qt/5.5" ] ; then
-			export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=~/Qt/5.5/clang_64/lib/cmake
-		elif [ -d /usr/local/opt/qt5/lib ] ; then
-			# Homebrew location for qt5 package
-			export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt5/lib/cmake
 		else
-			echo "cannot find Qt 5.5 or newer in ~/Qt"
+			echo "something is broken with the Qt install"
 			exit 1
 		fi
 	fi