diff --git a/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake b/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake
index 82e59cfb71..593fd31a5a 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ macro(setup_qt)
     if (NOT DEV_BUILD)
         if (UNIX AND DEFINED ENV{QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
             # HACK: obey QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to allow UNIX to use older QT libs
+            message("HACK: obey QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH on UNIX")
             set(QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH $ENV{QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
         else()
+            message("override QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH with VCPKG_QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH")
             set(QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${VCPKG_QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
         endif()
     else()
diff --git a/hifi_vcpkg.py b/hifi_vcpkg.py
index 56e904b795..3ae3a926b5 100644
--- a/hifi_vcpkg.py
+++ b/hifi_vcpkg.py
@@ -215,10 +215,7 @@ endif()
 
     def getQt5InstallPath(self):
         qt5InstallPath = os.path.join(self.path, 'installed', 'qt5-install')
-        if os.getenv('HIFI_QT_INSTALL_ROOT'):
-            # Allow qt install path to be overriden by an environment variable
-            qt5InstallPath = os.getenv('HIFI_QT_INSTALL_ROOT')
-        elif self.args.android:
+        if self.args.android:
             precompiled = os.path.realpath(self.androidPackagePath)
             qt5InstallPath = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(precompiled, 'qt'))
         return qt5InstallPath