diff --git a/local/recipes/qt/qtdeclarative/patch-resource.py b/local/recipes/qt/qtdeclarative/patch-resource.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae89a1dc13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/recipes/qt/qtdeclarative/patch-resource.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import os
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+source = os.environ.get("COOKBOOK_SOURCE", ".")
+path = Path(source) / "src/qmltyperegistrar/CMakeLists.txt"
+
+if not path.exists():
+    print(f"File not found: {path}", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+text = path.read_text()
+old = 'qt_internal_add_resource(QmlTypeRegistrarPrivate "jsRootMetaTypes"'
+new = 'qt_internal_add_resource(QmlTypeRegistrarPrivate "jsRootMetaTypes"\n    OPTIONS\n        --no-compress'
+
+if old in text:
+    text = text.replace(old, new)
+    path.write_text(text)
+    print("Patched qmltyperegistrar/CMakeLists.txt")
+else:
+    print("Pattern not found, may already be patched")
diff --git a/local/recipes/qt/qtdeclarative/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/qt/qtdeclarative/recipe.toml
index 64fd38b37f..37bfe8e647 100644
--- a/local/recipes/qt/qtdeclarative/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/qt/qtdeclarative/recipe.toml
@@ -132,16 +132,7 @@ rm -rf CMakeFiles
 
 # Fix: qt_internal_add_resource creates empty targets in cross-compilation
 # 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
+python "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/patch-resource.py"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules