--- a/src/tools/qfloat16-tables/qfloat16-tables.pro	2018-06-15 09:29:31.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/tools/qfloat16-tables/qfloat16-tables.pro	2018-10-29 16:02:32.976703340 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 option(host_build)
 
-CONFIG += force_bootstrap
 SOURCES += gen_qfloat16_tables.cpp
 
 load(qt_tool)
--- a/src/corelib/global/global.pri	2018-06-15 09:29:31.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/corelib/global/global.pri	2018-10-29 16:19:19.795800317 +0100
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
 
 QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES_GENERATE = global/qfloat16.h
 
+QT_TOOL.qfloat16-tables.binary = $$[QT_HOST_BINS/src]/qfloat16-tables
 qtPrepareTool(QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES, qfloat16-tables)
 
 qfloat16_tables.commands = $$QMAKE_QFLOAT16_TABLES ${QMAKE_FILE_OUT}