diff --git a/dev-util/kdevelop/kdevelop_kf6-25.08.0.recipe b/dev-util/kdevelop/kdevelop_kf6-25.08.0.recipe
index 337acd7ef..4021bb5b6 100644
--- a/dev-util/kdevelop/kdevelop_kf6-25.08.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-util/kdevelop/kdevelop_kf6-25.08.0.recipe
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ PATCH()
 	sed -e '/kdoctools_install(po)/ s/^#*/#/' -i CMakeLists.txt
 	# use Haiku's icon theme
 	sed -e 's,\    KIconTheme::initTheme();,\//    KIconTheme::initTheme();,g' -i app/main.cpp
+	# disable searching for qtwebengine
+	sed -e '/find_dependency(Qt6WebEngineWidgets/ s/^#*/#/' -i kdevplatform/KDevPlatformConfig.cmake.in
 }
 
 # BUILD_TESTING needs to be enabled for libKDevPlatformTests