I made myself independent of the "Adventures in Qt Land" by switching to https://github.com/rochus-keller/LeanQt.
./configure \ -release \ -no-opengl \ -device linux-arm-generic-g++ \ -device-option CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/local/xcompiler/usr/bin/arm-buildroot-linux-gnueabi- \ -prefix /usr/local/qt512arm \ -opensource -confirm-license \ -make libs \ -nomake tools \ -nomake tests \ -nomake examples \ -skip qtwebengine \ -skip qt3d \ -skip qtandroidextras \ -skip qtcanvas3d \ -skip qtcharts \ -skip qtconnectivity \ -skip qtdatavis3d
and nothing significant has happended to the selected "essential features" subset of Qt since 5.6.