diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt5/template b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
index c8e93578e94..08c7badefa1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'qt5'
 pkgname=qt5
-version=5.15.2
-revision=5
-wrksrc="qt-everywhere-src-${version}"
+version=5.15.3+20210429
+revision=1
 build_style=meta
 hostmakedepends="cmake clang flex perl glib-devel pkg-config
  python re2c ruby which"
@@ -21,8 +20,12 @@ short_desc="Cross-platform application and UI framework (QT5)"
 maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later, LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://qt.io/"
-distfiles="http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/${version%.*}/${version}/single/qt-everywhere-src-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=3a530d1b243b5dec00bc54937455471aaa3e56849d2593edb8ded07228202240
+# https://pypi.org/project/git-archive-all
+# tarball is generated with `git archive-all qt5-$version.tar.gz`
+# to keep the size smaller qtwebengine, qtwebview, qtdocgallery, qtactiveqt and qtpim
+# can be marked with the export-ignore attribute
+distfiles="https://void.johnnynator.dev/distfiles/qt5-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=6936ecf7c35162832bde5b5685f24c0924868745983f030e377924c1d80f68d1
 python_version=2 #unverified
 replaces="qt5-doc<5.6.0 qt5-quick1<5.6.0 qt5-quick1-devel<5.6.0 qt5-webkit<5.6.0 qt5-webkit-devel<5.6.0
  qt5-enginio<5.7.1 qt5-enginio-devel<5.7.1 qt5-plugin-gtk<5.7.1 qt5-canvas3d<5.13.0"
@@ -170,6 +173,12 @@ _msg_cross() {
 	msg_normal "***************************************************\n"
 }
 
+post_extract() {
+	find -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec mkdir -p {}/.git \;
+	# just keep module_version at 5.15.2, since some external modules are still 5.15.2
+	find -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec sed -e "/^MODULE_VERSION/s/5.*/5.15.2/" -i {}/.qmake.conf \;
+}
+
 do_configure() {
 	local opts spec
 
@@ -184,11 +193,6 @@ do_configure() {
 			${wrksrc}/qtbase/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf
 		vsed -i -e "s|^\(QMAKE_LFLAGS_RELEASE.*\)|\1 ${XBPS_LDFLAGS}|" \
 			${wrksrc}/qtbase/mkspecs/common/g++-unix.conf
-
-		# Create symbolic links for private include directories
-		for d in $(ls ${wrksrc}/qtbase/include); do
-			ln -sfv ${version}/${d}/private qtbase/include/${d}/private
-		done
 	else
 		# qmake {CXX,L}FLAGS patches
 		vsed -i -e "s|^\(CXXFLAGS =.*\)|\1 ${CXXFLAGS}|" \
@@ -241,6 +245,9 @@ do_configure() {
 	# opts+=" -v"
 	opts+=" -skip qtwebengine"
 	opts+=" -skip qtwebview"
+	opts+=" -skip qtdocgallery"
+	opts+=" -skip qtpim"
+	opts+=" -skip qtsystems"
 	LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,--no-keep-memory"  # needs more than 8GB RAM else
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		spec=void-${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}-g++