Index: qutebrowser/qt/machinery.py
--- qutebrowser/qt/machinery.py.orig
+++ qutebrowser/qt/machinery.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from qutebrowser.utils import log
 # sed -i 's/_WRAPPER_OVERRIDE = .*/_WRAPPER_OVERRIDE = "PyQt6"/' qutebrowser/qt/machinery.py
 #
 # Users: Set the QUTE_QT_WRAPPER environment variable to change the default wrapper.
-_WRAPPER_OVERRIDE = None
+_WRAPPER_OVERRIDE = "PyQt5"
 
 WRAPPERS = [
     "PyQt6",