diff --git a/build-aux/m4/bitcoin_qt.m4 b/build-aux/m4/bitcoin_qt.m4
index 0a6ed6c187..52e51438ac 100644
--- a/build-aux/m4/bitcoin_qt.m4
+++ b/build-aux/m4/bitcoin_qt.m4
@@ -116,24 +116,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([BITCOIN_QT_CONFIGURE],[
   if test "x$bitcoin_cv_static_qt" = xyes; then
     _BITCOIN_QT_FIND_STATIC_PLUGINS
     AC_DEFINE(QT_STATICPLUGIN, 1, [Define this symbol if qt plugins are static])
-    AC_CACHE_CHECK(for Qt < 5.4, bitcoin_cv_need_acc_widget,[
-      AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-          #include <QtCore/qconfig.h>
-          #ifndef QT_VERSION
-          #  include <QtCore/qglobal.h>
-          #endif
-        ]],
-        [[
-          #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050400
-          choke
-          #endif
-        ]])],
-      [bitcoin_cv_need_acc_widget=yes],
-      [bitcoin_cv_need_acc_widget=no])
-    ])
-    if test "x$bitcoin_cv_need_acc_widget" = xyes; then
-      _BITCOIN_QT_CHECK_STATIC_PLUGINS([Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(AccessibleFactory)], [-lqtaccessiblewidgets])
-    fi
     _BITCOIN_QT_CHECK_STATIC_PLUGINS([Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QMinimalIntegrationPlugin)],[-lqminimal])
     AC_DEFINE(QT_QPA_PLATFORM_MINIMAL, 1, [Define this symbol if the minimal qt platform exists])
     if test "x$TARGET_OS" = xwindows; then
@@ -279,7 +261,7 @@ dnl All macros below are internal and should _not_ be used from the main
 dnl configure.ac.
 dnl ----
 
-dnl Internal. Check if the included version of Qt is Qt5.
+dnl Internal. Check included version of Qt against minimum specified in doc/dependencies.md
 dnl Requires: INCLUDES must be populated as necessary.
 dnl Output: bitcoin_cv_qt5=yes|no
 AC_DEFUN([_BITCOIN_QT_CHECK_QT5],[
@@ -291,7 +273,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([_BITCOIN_QT_CHECK_QT5],[
       #endif
     ]],
     [[
-      #if QT_VERSION < 0x050200 || QT_VERSION_MAJOR < 5
+      #if QT_VERSION < 0x050501
       choke
       #endif
     ]])],
@@ -360,9 +342,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([_BITCOIN_QT_FIND_STATIC_PLUGINS],[
      PKG_CHECK_MODULES([QTPLATFORM], [Qt5PlatformSupport], [QT_LIBS="$QTPLATFORM_LIBS $QT_LIBS"])
      if test "x$TARGET_OS" = xlinux; then
        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([X11XCB], [x11-xcb], [QT_LIBS="$X11XCB_LIBS $QT_LIBS"])
-       if ${PKG_CONFIG} --exists "Qt5Core >= 5.5" 2>/dev/null; then
-         PKG_CHECK_MODULES([QTXCBQPA], [Qt5XcbQpa], [QT_LIBS="$QTXCBQPA_LIBS $QT_LIBS"])
-       fi
+       PKG_CHECK_MODULES([QTXCBQPA], [Qt5XcbQpa], [QT_LIBS="$QTXCBQPA_LIBS $QT_LIBS"])
      elif test "x$TARGET_OS" = xdarwin; then
        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([QTPRINT], [Qt5PrintSupport], [QT_LIBS="$QTPRINT_LIBS $QT_LIBS"])
      fi
diff --git a/src/qt/dash.cpp b/src/qt/dash.cpp
index 1790978c9e..c765068285 100644
--- a/src/qt/dash.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/dash.cpp
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
 
 #if defined(QT_STATICPLUGIN)
 #include <QtPlugin>
-#if QT_VERSION < 0x050400
-Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(AccessibleFactory)
-#endif
 #if defined(QT_QPA_PLATFORM_XCB)
 Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QXcbIntegrationPlugin);
 #elif defined(QT_QPA_PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
diff --git a/src/qt/test/rpcnestedtests.cpp b/src/qt/test/rpcnestedtests.cpp
index ff88fe1193..c9e55eef07 100644
--- a/src/qt/test/rpcnestedtests.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/test/rpcnestedtests.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ void RPCNestedTests::rpcNestedTests()
     RPCConsole::RPCExecuteCommandLine(result, "rpcNestedTest(   abc   ,   cba )");
     QVERIFY(result == "[\"abc\",\"cba\"]");
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050300
     // do the QVERIFY_EXCEPTION_THROWN checks only with Qt5.3 and higher (QVERIFY_EXCEPTION_THROWN was introduced in Qt5.3)
     QVERIFY_EXCEPTION_THROWN(RPCConsole::RPCExecuteCommandLine(result, "getblockchaininfo() .\n"), std::runtime_error); //invalid syntax
     QVERIFY_EXCEPTION_THROWN(RPCConsole::RPCExecuteCommandLine(result, "getblockchaininfo() getblockchaininfo()"), std::runtime_error); //invalid syntax
@@ -132,5 +131,4 @@ void RPCNestedTests::rpcNestedTests()
     QVERIFY_EXCEPTION_THROWN(RPCConsole::RPCExecuteCommandLine(result, "rpcNestedTest abc,,abc"), std::runtime_error); //don't tollerate empty arguments when using ,
     QVERIFY_EXCEPTION_THROWN(RPCConsole::RPCExecuteCommandLine(result, "rpcNestedTest(abc,,abc)"), std::runtime_error); //don't tollerate empty arguments when using ,
     QVERIFY_EXCEPTION_THROWN(RPCConsole::RPCExecuteCommandLine(result, "rpcNestedTest(abc,,)"), std::runtime_error); //don't tollerate empty arguments when using ,
-#endif
 }