diff --git a/zxing-cpp.changes b/zxing-cpp.changes
index d9219ae..883110a 100644
--- a/zxing-cpp.changes
+++ b/zxing-cpp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov  5 11:58:38 UTC 2021 - Danilo Spinella <danilo.spinella@suse.com>
+
+- Do not build examples to avoid a cycle with QT5Multimedia
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov  3 14:42:33 UTC 2021 - Danilo Spinella <danilo.spinella@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/zxing-cpp.spec b/zxing-cpp.spec
index 4aef9cd..942d401 100644
--- a/zxing-cpp.spec
+++ b/zxing-cpp.spec
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc11-c++
 %else
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 3.10
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-# For tests using the example app
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(Qt5Gui)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(Qt5Multimedia)
 %endif
 # only TW has fmt
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
@@ -76,12 +73,12 @@ other applications.
 
 %build
 # Use g++-11 to build a C++17 codebase
-# Examples require QT5
+# Examples require QT5-base/multimedia, but doing so creates a cycle
 # Blackbox tests require fmt
 %cmake \
+    -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
 %if !0%{?is_opensuse} && 0%{?sle_version} < 150000
     -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/g++-11 \
-    -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1550
     -DBUILD_BLACKBOX_TESTS=OFF \