diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/qml2puppet/CMakeLists.txt
index 5fc29187bdf..c9d6961a133 100644
--- a/src/tools/qml2puppet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/qml2puppet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ add_qtc_executable(qml2puppet
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
   SOURCES
     qml2puppet/main.cpp
+    qml2puppet/qmlbase.h qml2puppet/appmetadata.h
+    qml2puppet/qmlpuppet.h qml2puppet/qmlpuppet.cpp qml2puppet/configcrashpad.h
     qmlpuppet.qrc
 )
 
@@ -180,15 +182,6 @@ extend_qtc_executable(qml2puppet
     animationdriver.cpp animationdriver.h
 )
 
-extend_qtc_executable(qml2puppet
-  SOURCES_PREFIX qml2puppet/runner
-  SOURCES
-    runtime/qmlruntime.h runtime/qmlruntime.cpp
-    runtime/qmlconfiguration.h runtime/loadwatcher.h
-    puppet/qmlpuppet.h puppet/qmlpuppet.cpp puppet/configcrashpad.h
-    qmlbase.h appmetadata.h
-)
-
 extend_qtc_executable(qml2puppet
   SOURCES_PREFIX qmlprivategate
   SOURCES
@@ -209,25 +202,32 @@ extend_qtc_executable(qml2puppet
   PUBLIC_INCLUDES src/libs
 )
 
-extend_qtc_executable(qml2puppet
-PUBLIC_INCLUDES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/qml2puppet/runner/runtime
-)
-
 extend_qtc_executable(qml2puppet
   CONDITION TARGET Nanotrace
   DEPENDS Nanotrace
 )
 
-# Turn the tool into its own self-contained qml module
-qt6_add_qml_module(qml2puppet
-    URI QmlRuntime.QmlConfiguration
-    VERSION 1.0
-)
+if (Qt5_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 6.4.0)
+    extend_qtc_executable(qml2puppet
+      DEFINES ENABLE_INTERNAL_QML_RUNTIME
+      PUBLIC_INCLUDES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/qml2puppet/runner
+      SOURCES_PREFIX qml2puppet/runner
+      SOURCES
+        qmlruntime.h qmlruntime.cpp
+        qmlconfiguration.h loadwatcher.h
+    )
 
-if (QTC_STATIC_BUILD AND Qt5_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 6.0.0)
-  qt6_import_qml_plugins(qml2puppet PATH_TO_SCAN ${SRCDIR})
+    # Turn the tool into its own self-contained qml module
+    qt_add_qml_module(qml2puppet
+        URI QmlRuntime.QmlConfiguration
+        VERSION 1.0
+    )
+    if (QTC_STATIC_BUILD)
+      qt_import_qml_plugins(qml2puppet PATH_TO_SCAN ${SRCDIR})
+    endif()
 endif()
 
+
 # Crashpad
 # only windows requires separate crashpad client per process until client->SetHandlerIPCPipe()
 # is implemented (check the TODO inside startCrashpad())
diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/appmetadata.h b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/appmetadata.h
similarity index 98%
rename from src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/appmetadata.h
rename to src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/appmetadata.h
index 552c1334398..7f11276e619 100644
--- a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/appmetadata.h
+++ b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/appmetadata.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ inline Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(deprecated, "qt.tools.qds.deprecated");
 inline Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(verbose1, "qt.tools.qds.verbose1");
 inline Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(verbose2, "qt.tools.qds.verbose2");
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
 inline void registerMessageHandler()
 {
     qInstallMessageHandler(
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ inline void registerMessageHandler()
             }
         });
 }
-#endif
-
 } // namespace Logging
 
 namespace AppInfo {
diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/puppet/configcrashpad.h b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/configcrashpad.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/puppet/configcrashpad.h
rename to src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/configcrashpad.h
diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/main.cpp b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/main.cpp
index 66d6a43f0b1..84f273a31cb 100644
--- a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/main.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 // Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0 WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
 
-#include "runner/puppet/qmlpuppet.h"
-#include "runner/runtime/qmlruntime.h"
+#include "qmlpuppet.h"
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_INTERNAL_QML_RUNTIME
+#include "runner/qmlruntime.h"
+#endif
 
 QmlBase *getQmlRunner(int &argc, char **argv)
 {
-#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 4, 0)
+#ifdef ENABLE_INTERNAL_QML_RUNTIME
     for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
         if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--qml-runtime")){
             qInfo() << "Starting QML Runtime";
diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlbase.h b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/qmlbase.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlbase.h
rename to src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/qmlbase.h
diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/puppet/qmlpuppet.cpp b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/qmlpuppet.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/puppet/qmlpuppet.cpp
rename to src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/qmlpuppet.cpp
diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/puppet/qmlpuppet.h b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/qmlpuppet.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/puppet/qmlpuppet.h
rename to src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/qmlpuppet.h
diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/runtime/loadwatcher.h b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/loadwatcher.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/runtime/loadwatcher.h
rename to src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/loadwatcher.h
diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/runtime/qmlconfiguration.h b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlconfiguration.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/runtime/qmlconfiguration.h
rename to src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlconfiguration.h
diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/runtime/qmlruntime.cpp b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlruntime.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/runtime/qmlruntime.cpp
rename to src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlruntime.cpp
diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/runtime/qmlruntime.h b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlruntime.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/runtime/qmlruntime.h
rename to src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlruntime.h