diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c1e95a1f34..601216a8ca 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2008,7 +2008,6 @@ lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2wstoolwin.pp svneol=native#text/pascal
 lcl/interfaces/gtk2/interfaces.pas svneol=native#text/pascal
 lcl/interfaces/qt/README.txt svneol=native#text/plain
 lcl/interfaces/qt/interfaces.pp svneol=native#text/pascal
-lcl/interfaces/qt/libqt4intf.so -text
 lcl/interfaces/qt/qt.pp svneol=native#text/pascal
 lcl/interfaces/qt/qt4.pas svneol=native#text/plain
 lcl/interfaces/qt/qtcallback.inc svneol=native#text/pascal
diff --git a/lcl/interfaces/qt/README.txt b/lcl/interfaces/qt/README.txt
index 98d5938d04..39aea0b795 100644
--- a/lcl/interfaces/qt/README.txt
+++ b/lcl/interfaces/qt/README.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 These are the sources of the LCL qt interface.
 They only work with qt4.
 
+To link you need to download the libqt4intf.so.
+
 For more information see
 http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/Qt_Interface
 
diff --git a/lcl/interfaces/qt/libqt4intf.so b/lcl/interfaces/qt/libqt4intf.so
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