diff --git a/plugins/vst_base/VstPlugin.cpp b/plugins/vst_base/VstPlugin.cpp
index 8b5147708..4a7bed403 100644
--- a/plugins/vst_base/VstPlugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/vst_base/VstPlugin.cpp
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ void VstPlugin::createUI( QWidget * parent, bool isEffect )
 	m_pluginSubWindow = new vstSubWin( gui->mainWindow()->workspace() );
 	auto sw = m_pluginSubWindow.data();
 
+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050100
 	if (m_embedMethod == "qt" )
 	{
 		QWindow* vw = QWindow::fromWinId(m_pluginWindowID);
@@ -668,6 +669,8 @@ void VstPlugin::createUI( QWidget * parent, bool isEffect )
 		// Tell remote that it is embedded
 		// Wait for remote reply
 	}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef LMMS_BUILD_LINUX
 	else if (m_embedMethod == "xembed" )
 	{
diff --git a/src/gui/SetupDialog.cpp b/src/gui/SetupDialog.cpp
index 090de1eb8..550f1d93e 100644
--- a/src/gui/SetupDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/SetupDialog.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,10 @@ SetupDialog::SetupDialog( ConfigTabs _tab_to_open ) :
 	m_vstEmbedComboBox = new QComboBox( embed_tw );
 	m_vstEmbedComboBox->move( XDelta, YDelta );
 	m_vstEmbedComboBox->addItem( tr( "No embedding" ), "none" );
+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050100
 	m_vstEmbedComboBox->addItem( tr( "Embed using Qt API" ), "qt" );
+#endif
+
 #ifdef LMMS_BUILD_LINUX
 	if ( QX11Info::isPlatformX11() ) {
 		m_vstEmbedComboBox->addItem( tr( "Embed using XEmbed protocol" ), "xembed" );