diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 2bb25d9..a389b5c 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -72,20 +72,6 @@ endif( )
 qt_message( "  QT_BINARY_DIR : ${QT_BINARY_DIR}" )
 
 
-# find uic (only for Qt3)
-if( DEFINED UIC_EXECUTABLE )
-	if( IS_DIRECTORY "${UIC_EXECUTABLE}" OR NOT EXISTS "${UIC_EXECUTABLE}" )
-		tde_message_fatal( "uic was NOT found.\n Please make sure TQt is correctly installed (1)." )
-	endif( )
-else( )
-	find_program( UIC_EXECUTABLE NAMES tquic uic-qt3 uic HINTS "${QT_BINARY_DIR}" )
-	if( NOT UIC_EXECUTABLE )
-		tde_message_fatal( "uic was NOT found.\n Please make sure TQt is correctly installed (2)." )
-	endif( )
-endif( )
-qt_message( "  UIC_EXECUTABLE: ${UIC_EXECUTABLE}" )
-
-
 # check if TQt3 is usable
 tde_save( CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES )
 
diff --git a/qtinterface/tqt.pc.cmake b/qtinterface/tqt.pc.cmake
index d042216..8c94efe 100644
--- a/qtinterface/tqt.pc.cmake
+++ b/qtinterface/tqt.pc.cmake
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ exec_prefix=@PC_EXEC_PREFIX@
 libdir=@PC_LIB_DIR@
 includedir=@PC_INCLUDE_DIR@
 
-uic_executable=@UIC_EXECUTABLE@
-
 Name: TQt
 Description: Interface and abstraction library for Qt and Trinity
 Version: @TQT_VERSION@