Deploying a Qt project without ICU dependencies

Question

I'm using the prebuilt Qt 5.0.2 with MinGW on Windows, and am putting together an installer for my project. I've noticed my compiled binary depends on the ICU libraries (icudt49.dll, icuin49.dll, and icuuc49.dll) even though I'm not using any localization or Unicode.

Is there any simple way to stop Qt from using ICU for a project, or would I have to recompile Qt from source?

Answer 1

There is no way, you'll need to recompile Qt without ICU support (and thus without webkit).

Answer 2

Recompile or use pre-compiled libs from Qt Minimal Deployment Kit for Windows. You find non-ICU builds for v5.1.1 and v5.2.2 there.