diff --git a/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake b/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake
index 3ef0f9cde8..c09c2b0f6b 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake
@@ -52,14 +52,8 @@ macro(setup_qt)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "VCPKG_QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH should have been set by hifi_vcpkg.py")
     endif()
     if (NOT DEV_BUILD)
-        if (UNIX AND DEFINED ENV{QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} AND NOT APPLE)
-            # 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()
+        message("override QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH with VCPKG_QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH")
+        set(QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${VCPKG_QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
     else()
         # DEV_BUILD
         if (DEFINED ENV{QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
diff --git a/hifi_vcpkg.py b/hifi_vcpkg.py
index 686ccfcfc7..764a6270bd 100644
--- a/hifi_vcpkg.py
+++ b/hifi_vcpkg.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ endif()
                 url = 'https://hifi-public.s3.amazonaws.com/dependencies/vcpkg/qt5-install-5.12.3-macos3.tar.gz'
             elif platform.system() == 'Linux':
                 if platform.linux_distribution()[1][:3] == '16.':
-                    url = 'https://hifi-public.s3.amazonaws.com/dependencies/vcpkg/qt5-install-5.12.3-ubuntu-16.04.tar.gz'
+                    url = 'https://hifi-public.s3.amazonaws.com/dependencies/vcpkg/qt5-install-5.12.3-ubuntu-16.04-with-symbols.tar.gz'
                 elif platform.linux_distribution()[1][:3] == '18.':
                     url = 'https://hifi-public.s3.amazonaws.com/dependencies/vcpkg/qt5-install-5.12.3-ubuntu-18.04.tar.gz'
                 else: