diff --git a/qt/qt.spec b/qt/qt.spec
index 346589efe7..5104b58071 100644
--- a/qt/qt.spec
+++ b/qt/qt.spec
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
 ##
 
 #   package options
-%ifndef       with_xft
-%define       with_xft    no
-%endif
+%option       with_xft    no
 
 #   package information
 Name:         qt
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG [EVAL]
 Group:        XWindow
 License:      GPL
 Version:      3.1.1
-Release:      20021217
+Release:      20021230
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/pub/qt/source/qt-x11-free-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -46,8 +44,8 @@ Source0:      ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/pub/qt/source/qt-x11-free-%{version}.tar.g
 #   build information
 Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
 BuildRoot:    %{l_buildroot}
-BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20020206, X11, gcc
-PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20020206, X11
+BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20021230, X11, gcc
+PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20021230, X11
 AutoReq:      no
 AutoReqProv:  no
 
@@ -64,8 +62,7 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
     similar to templates in C++, but with influences from component
     technology.
 
-    Options: 
-    --define 'with_xft %{with_xft}'
+    %options
 
 %prep
     %setup -q -n qt-x11-free-%{version}
@@ -79,22 +76,6 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
         * ) echo "platform %{l_target} not supported" 2>&1; exit 1 ;;
     esac
 
-    #   ensure that libXft exists
-%if "%{with_xft}" == "yes"
-    found_xft=""
-    for ext in a so sl; do
-        if [ -f "`%{l_prefix}/etc/rc --query x11_libdir`/libXft.$ext" ]; then
-            found_xft="da"
-            break;
-        fi
-    done
-    if [ ".$found_xft" = . ]; then
-        echo "ERROR! Library libXft could not be found," 2>&1;
-        echo "please consider building without with_xft" 2>&1;
-        exit 1;
-    fi
-%endif
-
     #   special trolltech configuration
     echo "yes" | ./configure \
         -prefix %{l_prefix} \
@@ -113,7 +94,6 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
     %{l_make} %{l_mflags -O} \
         MAKE="%{l_make} %{l_mflags -O}" \
         symlinks src-qmake src-moc sub-src sub-tools
-    # FIXME: "-Wl,-rpath,/tmp/qt-x11-free-3.0.4/lib"
 
 %install
     rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT