Remove test for bundled Qt which breaks dependent applications. This has been fixed in 5.13. Taken from Arch Linux: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/python2-pyqt5-crash-fix.patch?h=packages/pyqt5&id=3e56e11d1fd7b1eac8242ce64c58db2bd9acba20 diff -ur PyQt5_gpl-5.12.3/qpy/QtCore/qpycore_post_init.cpp.in PyQt5_gpl-5.12.3b/qpy/QtCore/qpycore_post_init.cpp.in --- PyQt5_gpl-5.12.3/qpy/QtCore/qpycore_post_init.cpp.in 2019-06-25 14:41:02.000000000 +0200 +++ PyQt5_gpl-5.12.3b/qpy/QtCore/qpycore_post_init.cpp.in 2019-07-01 17:06:34.882644535 +0200 @@ -151,8 +151,4 @@ // initialised first (at least for Windows) and this is the only way to // guarantee things are done in the right order. PyQtSlotProxy::mutex = new QMutex(QMutex::Recursive); - - // Load the embedded qt.conf file if there is a bundled copy of Qt. - if (!qpycore_qt_conf()) - Py_FatalError("PyQt5.QtCore: Unable to embed qt.conf"); }