diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index ae2c9b3c..49e8234e 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-QT_CFG=''
-
-BUILD_CONFIRM=0
 COMPILE_JOBS=1
 MAKEFLAGS_JOBS=''
 
@@ -34,16 +31,9 @@ if [[ "$COMPILE_JOBS" -gt 8 ]]; then
 fi
 
 SILENT=
-QT_CFG=
-QTCORE=bundled
-QTWEBKIT=bundled
 
 until [[ -z "$1" ]]; do
     case $1 in
-        (--qt-config)
-            shift
-            QT_CFG+=" $1"
-            shift;;
         (--qmake-args)
             shift
             QMAKE_ARGS=$1
@@ -52,53 +42,18 @@ until [[ -z "$1" ]]; do
             shift
             COMPILE_JOBS=$1
             shift;;
-        (--confirm)
-            BUILD_CONFIRM=1
-            shift;;
         (--silent)
             SILENT=silent
             shift;;
-        (--qt=system)
-            QTCORE=system
-            shift;;
-        (--qtwebkit=system)
-            QTCORE=system
-            QTWEBKIT=system
-            shift;;
-
-        (--*=system | --*=bundled)
-            QT_CFG+=" $1"
-            shift;;
 
         "--help")
             cat <<EOF
-Usage: $0 [--qt-config CONFIG] [--jobs NUM]
+Usage: $0 [--jobs NUM]
 
-  --confirm                   Do not prompt for confirmation of this
-                              very slow build process.
   --silent                    Produce less verbose output.
   --jobs NUM                  How many parallel compile jobs to use.
                               Defaults to the number of CPU cores you have,
                               with a maximum of 8.
-
-  --qtdeps=system|bundled     Use system-provided | bundled libraries for
-                              all of Qt's dependencies.  EXPERIMENTAL.
-  --LIBRARY=system|bundled    Use system-provided | bundled LIBRARY.
-                              See src/qt/preconfig.sh for all possible
-                              LIBRARY values.  EXPERIMENTAL.
-  --qt-config OPTION          Specify extra config options to be used when
-                              configuring Qt.
-
-  --qt=system                 Use system-provided Qt core libraries.
-                              EXPERIMENTAL, build may not succeed.
-                              Mutually exclusive with --qt-config and all
-                              --LIBRARY= / --qtdeps= options.
-
-  --qtwebkit=system           Use system-provided QtWebkit.
-                              EXPERIMENTAL, build may not succeed.
-                              Implies --system-qt.
-                              Mutually exclusive with --qt-config and all
-                              --LIBRARY= / --qtdeps= options.
 EOF
             exit 0
             ;;
@@ -108,89 +63,17 @@ EOF
     esac
 done
 
-if [[ "$QTCORE" = system ]] && [[ -n "$QT_CFG" ]]; then
-    echo "$0: --qt=system prevents fine-tuning the Qt configuration" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ "$BUILD_CONFIRM" -eq 0 ]]; then
-cat << EOF
-----------------------------------------
-               WARNING
-----------------------------------------
-
-Building PhantomJS from source takes a very long time, anywhere from 30
-minutes to several hours (depending on the machine configuration).
-We recommend you use the premade binary packages on supported operating
-systems.
-
-For details, please go the the web site: http://phantomjs.org/download.html.
-
-EOF
-
-    echo "Do you want to continue (y/n)?"
-    read continue
-    if [[ "$continue" != "y" ]]; then
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    echo
-    echo
-fi
-
 UNAME_SYSTEM=`(uname -s) 2>/dev/null`  || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
 UNAME_RELEASE=`(uname -r) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
 UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -m) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
 
-MAKE_S=""
-if [[ "$SILENT" == "silent" ]]; then
-    MAKE_S="-s"
-    QT_CFG+=" --silent"
-fi
-
 echo "System architecture... ($UNAME_SYSTEM $UNAME_RELEASE $UNAME_MACHINE)"
-echo
 
-if [[ "$QTCORE" == "bundled" ]]; then
-    export QMAKE=$PWD/src/qt/qtbase/bin/qmake
-    ( cd src/qt && ./preconfig.sh $QTDEPLIBS $QT_CFG )
-
-    echo
-    echo "Building Qt..."
-    echo
-    ( cd src/qt/qtbase && make -j$COMPILE_JOBS $MAKE_S )
-else
-    export QMAKE=qmake
-    # some Linux distros (e.g. Debian) allow you to parallel-install
-    # Qt4 and Qt5, using this environment variable to declare which
-    # one you want
-    export QT_SELECT=qt5
-fi
-
-if [[ "$QTWEBKIT" == "bundled" ]]; then
-    echo
-    echo "Building QtWebkit..."
-    echo
-    if grep -qEe '-qt-sql-sqlite\>' src/qt/qtbase/config.status; then
-        export SQLITE3SRCDIR=$PWD/src/qt/qtbase/src/3rdparty/sqlite/
-    fi
-
-    # By default, suppress video and audio-related features.
-    # They can be reactivated with e.g.
-    # --qmake-args WEBKIT_CONFIG+='use_gstreamer video'
-    WEBKIT_DISABLE=
-    WEBKIT_DISABLE+=' use_glib'
-    WEBKIT_DISABLE+=' use_gstreamer'
-    WEBKIT_DISABLE+=' use_gstreamer010'
-    WEBKIT_DISABLE+=' use_native_fullscreen_video'
-    WEBKIT_DISABLE+=' legacy_web_audio'
-    WEBKIT_DISABLE+=' web_audio'
-    WEBKIT_DISABLE+=' video'
-    WEBKIT_DISABLE+=' gamepad'
-
-    ( cd src/qt/qtwebkit &&
-        $QMAKE "WEBKIT_CONFIG -= $WEBKIT_DISABLE" $QMAKE_ARGS &&
-        make -j$COMPILE_JOBS $MAKE_S )
-fi
+export QMAKE=qmake
+# some Linux distros (e.g. Debian) allow you to parallel-install
+# Qt4 and Qt5, using this environment variable to declare which
+# one you want
+export QT_SELECT=qt5
 
 echo
 echo "Building main PhantomJS application..."
diff --git a/phantomjs.pro b/phantomjs.pro
index 24663df3..8944c2ae 100644
--- a/phantomjs.pro
+++ b/phantomjs.pro
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 TEMPLATE = subdirs
 CONFIG += ordered
-SUBDIRS += src/phantomjs.pro
+SUBDIRS += src/qphantom/phantom.pro src/phantomjs.pro
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6e3f9ab4..496c69d2 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 #include <QSslSocket>
 #include <QIcon>
 
+#include <QtPlugin>
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(PhantomIntegrationPlugin)
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     char **new_argv = (char**) malloc(sizeof(char*) * (3+argc));
diff --git a/src/phantomjs.pro b/src/phantomjs.pro
index 78ab730f..ded67867 100644
--- a/src/phantomjs.pro
+++ b/src/phantomjs.pro
@@ -8,15 +8,14 @@ TARGET = phantomjs
 QT += network webkitwidgets printsupport
 CONFIG += console
 
+QT += platformsupport-private
+LIBS += ../bin/libqphantom.a
+
 DESTDIR = ../bin
 
 RESOURCES = phantomjs.qrc \
     ghostdriver/ghostdriver.qrc
 
-!winrt:!win32: {
-    QTPLUGIN += qphantom
-}
-
 HEADERS += \
     phantom.h \
     callback.h \
diff --git a/src/qphantom/phantom.pro b/src/qphantom/phantom.pro
index c27dc6c0..0dc9513b 100644
--- a/src/qphantom/phantom.pro
+++ b/src/qphantom/phantom.pro
@@ -2,18 +2,15 @@ TEMPLATE = lib
 TARGET = qphantom
 DESTDIR = ../../bin
 
-CONFIG += plugin
-CONFIG += qpa/genericunixfontdatabase
+CONFIG += plugin static
 
 PLUGIN_TYPE = platforms
 PLUGIN_CLASS_NAME = PhantomIntegrationPlugin
 
-QT += core-private gui-private platformsupport-private
+QT += platformsupport-private
 
-SOURCES =   main.cpp \
+SOURCES +=  main.cpp \
             phantomintegration.cpp \
             phantombackingstore.cpp
-HEADERS =   phantomintegration.h \
+HEADERS +=  phantomintegration.h \
             phantombackingstore.h
-
-OTHER_FILES += phantom.json