diff --git a/local/recipes/qt/qtdeclarative/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/qt/qtdeclarative/recipe.toml
index f5eeef4cb9..64fd38b37f 100644
--- a/local/recipes/qt/qtdeclarative/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/qt/qtdeclarative/recipe.toml
@@ -131,8 +131,17 @@ rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
 
 # Fix: qt_internal_add_resource creates empty targets in cross-compilation
-# We patch the qmltyperegistrar CMakeLists to avoid this issue
-sed -i 's/qt_internal_add_resource(QmlTypeRegistrarPrivate "jsRootMetaTypes"/qt_internal_add_resource(QmlTypeRegistrarPrivate "jsRootMetaTypes"\n    OPTIONS\n        --no-compress/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/qmltyperegistrar/CMakeLists.txt"
+# We patch the qmltyperegistrar CMakeLists to add OPTIONS --no-compress
+python - <<'PY'
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+path = Path(os.environ["COOKBOOK_SOURCE"]) / "src/qmltyperegistrar/CMakeLists.txt"
+text = path.read_text()
+old = 'qt_internal_add_resource(QmlTypeRegistrarPrivate "jsRootMetaTypes"'
+new = 'qt_internal_add_resource(QmlTypeRegistrarPrivate "jsRootMetaTypes"\n    OPTIONS\n        --no-compress'
+text = text.replace(old, new)
+path.write_text(text)
+PY
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules