diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/assetexporterplugin.qbs b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/assetexporterplugin.qbs
index 031b0977bc5..a8bc03685f3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/assetexporterplugin.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/assetexporterplugin.qbs
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ import qbs
 
 QtcProduct {
     name: "assetexporterplugin"
+    condition: QmlDesigner.present
     type: ["dynamiclibrary"]
     installDir: qtc.ide_plugin_path + '/' + installDirName
     property string installDirName: qbs.targetOS.contains("macos") ? "QmlDesigner" : "qmldesigner"
 
     Depends { name: "Core" }
     Depends { name: "ProjectExplorer" }
-    Depends { name: "QmlDesigner" }
+    Depends { name: "QmlDesigner"; required: false }
     Depends { name: "Utils" }
     Depends {
         name: "Qt"
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/componentsplugin/componentsplugin.qbs b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/componentsplugin/componentsplugin.qbs
index 84adc2b5304..520e533af5b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/componentsplugin/componentsplugin.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/componentsplugin/componentsplugin.qbs
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ import qbs
 
 QtcProduct {
     name: "componentsplugin"
+    condition: QmlDesigner.present
     type: ["dynamiclibrary"]
     installDir: qtc.ide_plugin_path + '/' + installDirName
     property string installDirName: qbs.targetOS.contains("macos") ? "QmlDesigner" : "qmldesigner"
 
     Depends { name: "Core" }
-    Depends { name: "QmlDesigner" }
+    Depends { name: "QmlDesigner"; required: false }
     Depends { name: "Utils" }
     Depends { name: "Qt.qml" }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
index 0ea3b5008a1..7b8ef977751 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ Project {
     name: "QmlDesigner"
 
     QtcPlugin {
+        condition: Qt.quickwidgets.present && Qt.svg.present
         fileName: FileInfo.fileName(filePath)
 
         Depends {
-            name: "Qt";
-            submodules: [
-                "core-private", "quickwidgets", "xml", "svg"
-            ]
+            name: "Qt"; versionAtLeast: "6.2"; required: false
+            submodules: ["core-private", "quickwidgets", "xml", "svg"]
         }
         Depends { name: "AdvancedDockingSystem" }
         Depends { name: "Core" }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmlpreviewplugin/qmlpreviewplugin.qbs b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmlpreviewplugin/qmlpreviewplugin.qbs
index 8e48e6aa850..05e809d4331 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmlpreviewplugin/qmlpreviewplugin.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmlpreviewplugin/qmlpreviewplugin.qbs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import qbs
 
 QtcProduct {
     name: "qmlpreviewplugin"
+    condition: QmlDesigner.present
     type: ["dynamiclibrary"]
     installDir: qtc.ide_plugin_path + '/' + installDirName
     property string installDirName: qbs.targetOS.contains("macos") ? "QmlDesigner" : "qmldesigner"
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ QtcProduct {
 
     Depends { name: "Core" }
     Depends { name: "ProjectExplorer" }
-    Depends { name: "QmlDesigner" }
+    Depends { name: "QmlDesigner"; required: false }
     Depends { name: "Qt.qml" }
     Depends { name: "Utils" }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/studiowelcome/studiowelcome.qbs b/src/plugins/studiowelcome/studiowelcome.qbs
index 4c82c8112ec..7d254824ba5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/studiowelcome/studiowelcome.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/studiowelcome/studiowelcome.qbs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import qbs.FileInfo
 
 QtcPlugin {
     name: "StudioWelcome"
+    condition: QmlDesigner.present
 
     Depends { name: "Qt"; submodules: ["qml", "qml-private", "quick", "quickwidgets"] }
     Depends { name: "Utils" }
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ QtcPlugin {
     Depends { name: "Core" }
     Depends { name: "ProjectExplorer" }
     Depends { name: "QtSupport" }
-    Depends { name: "QmlDesigner" }
+    Depends { name: "QmlDesigner"; required: false }
     Depends { name: "QmlProjectManager" }
     Depends { name: "app_version_header" }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/unittest.qbs b/tests/unit/unittest/unittest.qbs
index 00f3e2a8c64..3828063b783 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/unittest.qbs
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/unittest.qbs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Project {
 
     QtcProduct {
         name: "Unit test"
-        condition: qtc_gtest_gmock.hasRepo || qtc_gtest_gmock.externalLibsPresent
+        condition: (qtc_gtest_gmock.hasRepo || qtc_gtest_gmock.externalLibsPresent)
+                   && QmlDesigner.present
 
         type: ["application", "autotest"]
         consoleApplication: true
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ Project {
         Depends { name: "libclang"; required: false }
         Depends { name: "clang_defines" }
 
-        Depends { name: "QmlDesigner" }
+        Depends { name: "QmlDesigner"; required: false }
 
         Depends { name: "sqlite_sources" }
         Depends { name: "Core" }