diff --git a/recipes-kdab/kdcharts/kdcharts_git.bb b/recipes-kdab/kdcharts/kdcharts_git.bb
index a07f2112..3a974931 100644
--- a/recipes-kdab/kdcharts/kdcharts_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-kdab/kdcharts/kdcharts_git.bb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 SUMMARY = "A Qt tool for creating business and scientific charts"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2+ | KDAB-Commercial"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
-    file://LICENSE.txt;md5=ec5e1ab8584968655cce6fd650160b26 \
-    file://LICENSE.GPL.txt;md5=9bea831e8733013a5761386750f57271 \
+    file://LICENSE.txt;md5=d5e1956ab398a4ae39e2470a9abd4889 \
+    file://LICENSE.GPL.txt;md5=6af452a21ffa624c438c2cde4423a893 \
 "
 
 inherit cmake_qt5_extra
@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@ DEPENDS += " \
     qtsvg \
 "
 
+do_install_append() {
+    # these have gone wild / qmake was always pain
+    rm -r ${D}/usr/mkspecs
+}
+
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/KDAB/KDChart.git"
-SRCREV = "488ae47b2be78b07d196ead7614ab35866c63157"
+SRCREV = "95547e8a2f6c362db1dd071a2df00b0e75e05da0"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
-PV = "2.6.50+git${SRCPV}"
+PV = "2.7.2"
 
 FILES_${PN}-dev += "${datadir}/mkspecs"