diff --git a/cmake/macros/CopyDllsBesideWindowsExecutable.cmake b/cmake/macros/CopyDllsBesideWindowsExecutable.cmake
index 43373d9da0..a97603a6ca 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/CopyDllsBesideWindowsExecutable.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/CopyDllsBesideWindowsExecutable.cmake
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@
 
 macro(COPY_DLLS_BESIDE_WINDOWS_EXECUTABLE)
   
-  if (NOT ${ARGN})
-    set(USES_QT TRUE)
-  else ()
-    set(USES_QT ${ARGN})
-  endif ()
-  
   if (WIN32)
     configure_file(
       ${HIFI_CMAKE_DIR}/templates/FixupBundlePostBuild.cmake.in  
@@ -33,16 +27,13 @@ macro(COPY_DLLS_BESIDE_WINDOWS_EXECUTABLE)
         -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/FixupBundlePostBuild.cmake
     )
     
-    if (USES_QT)
-      find_program(WINDEPLOYQT_COMMAND windeployqt PATHS ${QT_DIR}/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-    
-      # add a post-build command to call windeployqt to copy Qt plugins
-      add_custom_command(
-        TARGET ${TARGET_NAME}
-        POST_BUILD
-        COMMAND CMD /C "SET PATH=%PATH%;${QT_DIR}/bin && ${WINDEPLOYQT_COMMAND} --no-libraries $<TARGET_FILE:${TARGET_NAME}>"
-      )
-      
-    endif ()
+    find_program(WINDEPLOYQT_COMMAND windeployqt PATHS ${QT_DIR}/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+  
+    # add a post-build command to call windeployqt to copy Qt plugins
+    add_custom_command(
+      TARGET ${TARGET_NAME}
+      POST_BUILD
+      COMMAND CMD /C "SET PATH=%PATH%;${QT_DIR}/bin && ${WINDEPLOYQT_COMMAND} --no-libraries $<TARGET_FILE:${TARGET_NAME}>"
+    )
   endif ()
 endmacro()
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diff --git a/tools/scribe/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/scribe/CMakeLists.txt
index 4196909043..b71a287e46 100755
--- a/tools/scribe/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/scribe/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 set(TARGET_NAME scribe)
-setup_hifi_project()
-
-copy_dlls_beside_windows_executable(false)
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+setup_hifi_project()
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