diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp
index f4068ab5683..49dac81b63f 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.cpp
@@ -1343,8 +1343,10 @@ void NodeInstanceServer::loadDummyContextObjectFile(const QFileInfo& qmlFileInfo
 
 void NodeInstanceServer::setTranslationLanguage(const QString &language)
 {
+#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 15, 0))
     // if there exists an /i18n directory it sets default translators
     engine()->setUiLanguage(language);
+#endif
     static QPointer<MultiLanguage::Translator> multilanguageTranslator;
     if (!MultiLanguage::databaseFilePath().isEmpty()) {
         if (!multilanguageLink) {