diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 3405b57df..7c6f02e68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ jobs:
           cd dist
           setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
           cmd /C set "wheels=" && for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b *.*') DO set "wheels="%%i" !wheels!"
-          python -m pip install %wheels%
+          python -m pip install pyqtwebengine %wheels%
           python -c "import aqt; # aqt.run()"
 
       - name: Check Linux/Mac OS wheels
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -x
           cd dist
-          python -m pip install *.*
+          python -m pip install pyqtwebengine *.*
           python -c "import aqt; # aqt.run()"
 
       - run: make check
diff --git a/qt/Makefile b/qt/Makefile
index c27741da0..6c1de33df 100644
--- a/qt/Makefile
+++ b/qt/Makefile
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ CHECKDEPS := $(shell ${FIND} aqt tests -name '*.py' | grep -v buildinfo.py)
 .PHONY: build
 build: $(BUILD_STEPS)
 	rm -rf dist build
-	python setup.py -q sdist
-	rsync -a dist/*.tar.gz ../dist/
+	python setup.py -q bdist_wheel
+	rsync -a dist/*.whl ../dist/
 
 .PHONY: develop
 develop: $(BUILD_STEPS)
diff --git a/qt/setup.py b/qt/setup.py
index f77b796f8..2c7217e43 100644
--- a/qt/setup.py
+++ b/qt/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import os
 import sys
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
 import setuptools
 
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "pyaudio",
     "markdown",
     "jsonschema",
+    "pyqt5>=5.9",
     'psutil; sys.platform == "win32"',
     'pywin32; sys.platform == "win32"',
     'darkdetect; sys.platform == "darwin"',
@@ -41,25 +41,6 @@ if sys.version_info < minimum_python_version:
         "and version '%s' was found!" % (minimum_python_version, sys.version_info)
     )
 
-try:
-    import PyQt5 as IS_PYQT_INSTALLED
-
-except (ImportError, ValueError):
-    IS_PYQT_INSTALLED = None
-
-try:
-    from PyQt5.Qt import PYQT_VERSION_STR
-
-except (ImportError, ValueError):
-    PYQT_VERSION_STR = None
-
-# https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/530
-if not IS_PYQT_INSTALLED or (
-    PYQT_VERSION_STR and LooseVersion(PYQT_VERSION_STR) >= LooseVersion("5.12")
-):
-    install_requires.append("pyqt5")
-    install_requires.append("pyqtwebengine")
-
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="aqt",