diff --git a/mkspecs/features/platform.prf b/mkspecs/features/platform.prf
--- a/mkspecs/features/platform.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/platform.prf
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ defineTest(isPlatformSupported) {
   } else:osx {
     # FIXME: Try to get it back down to 8.2 for building on OS X 10.11
     !isMinXcodeVersion(8, 3, 3) {
-      skipBuild("Using Xcode version $$QMAKE_XCODE_VERSION, but at least version 8.3.3 is required to build Qt WebEngine.")
-      return(false)
     }
     !clang|intel_icc {
         skipBuild("Qt WebEngine on macOS requires Clang.")
@@ -54,8 +52,6 @@ defineTest(isPlatformSupported) {
       return(false)
     }
     !isMinOSXSDKVersion(10, 12): {
-      skipBuild("Building Qt WebEngine requires a macOS SDK version of 10.12 or newer. Current version is $${WEBENGINE_OSX_SDK_PRODUCT_VERSION}.")
-      return(false)
     }
   } else {
     skipBuild("Unknown platform. Qt WebEngine only supports Linux, Windows, and macOS.")
diff --git a/src/core/config/mac_osx.pri b/src/core/config/mac_osx.pri
--- a/src/core/config/mac_osx.pri
+++ b/src/core/config/mac_osx.pri
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ load(functions)
 # otherwise query for it.
 QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION = $$eval(QMAKE_MAC_SDK.$${QMAKE_MAC_SDK}.SDKVersion)
 isEmpty(QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION) {
-     QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION = $$system("/usr/bin/xcodebuild -sdk $${QMAKE_MAC_SDK} -version SDKVersion 2>/dev/null")
-     isEmpty(QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION): error("Could not resolve SDK version for \'$${QMAKE_MAC_SDK}\'")
 }

 QMAKE_CLANG_DIR = "/usr"