diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0c56d8768..0a0a50bee 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 [submodule "flatpak/shared-modules"]
 	path = flatpak/shared-modules
 	url = https://github.com/flathub/shared-modules.git
-[submodule "libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/QR-Code-generator"]
-	path = libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/QR-Code-generator
+[submodule "libraries/qrcodegenerator"]
+	path = libraries/qrcodegenerator
 	url = https://github.com/nayuki/QR-Code-generator
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 68d900c27..ce3d433fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ add_subdirectory(libraries/libnbtplusplus)
 add_subdirectory(libraries/systeminfo) # system information library
 add_subdirectory(libraries/launcher) # java based launcher part for Minecraft
 add_subdirectory(libraries/javacheck) # java compatibility checker
-add_subdirectory(libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator) # qr code generator
 if(FORCE_BUNDLED_ZLIB)
     message(STATUS "Using bundled zlib")
 
@@ -533,6 +532,15 @@ add_subdirectory(libraries/gamemode)
 add_subdirectory(libraries/murmur2) # Hash for usage with the CurseForge API
 add_subdirectory(libraries/qdcss) # css parser
 
+# qr code generator
+set(QRCODE_SOURCES
+    libraries/qrcodegenerator/cpp/qrcodegen.cpp 
+    libraries/qrcodegenerator/cpp/qrcodegen.hpp
+)
+add_library(qrcodegenerator STATIC ${QRCODE_SOURCES})
+target_include_directories(qrcodegenerator PUBLIC "libraries/qrcodegenerator/cpp/" )
+generate_export_header(qrcodegenerator)
+
 ############################### Built Artifacts ###############################
 
 add_subdirectory(buildconfig)
diff --git a/COPYING.md b/COPYING.md
index 1ebde116f..f9b905351 100644
--- a/COPYING.md
+++ b/COPYING.md
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-## qt-qrcodegenerator (`libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator`)
+## QR-Code-generator (`libraries/qrcodegenerator`)
 
     Copyright © 2024 Project Nayuki. (MIT License)
     https://www.nayuki.io/page/qr-code-generator-library
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 5418557a3..a0057327e 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "qt-qrcodegenerator": {
+    "qrcodegenerator": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1737616857,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
       "inputs": {
         "libnbtplusplus": "libnbtplusplus",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
-        "qt-qrcodegenerator": "qt-qrcodegenerator"
+        "qrcodegenerator": "qrcodegenerator"
       }
     }
   },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 69abd78dd..751ef2eeb 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       flake = false;
     };
 
-    qt-qrcodegenerator = {
+    qrcodegenerator = {
       url = "github:nayuki/QR-Code-generator";
       flake = false;
     };
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       self,
       nixpkgs,
       libnbtplusplus,
-      qt-qrcodegenerator,
+      qrcodegenerator,
     }:
 
     let
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
         prismlauncher-unwrapped = prev.callPackage ./nix/unwrapped.nix {
           inherit
             libnbtplusplus
-            qt-qrcodegenerator
+            qrcodegenerator
             self
             ;
         };
diff --git a/launcher/CMakeLists.txt b/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f8b9018a..aa26b3544 100644
--- a/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ target_link_libraries(Launcher_logic
     qdcss
     BuildConfig
     Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Widgets
-    qrcode
+    qrcodegenerator
 )
 
 if (UNIX AND NOT CYGWIN AND NOT APPLE)
diff --git a/launcher/ui/dialogs/MSALoginDialog.cpp b/launcher/ui/dialogs/MSALoginDialog.cpp
index 83f46294d..14ec672e0 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/dialogs/MSALoginDialog.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/dialogs/MSALoginDialog.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include "MSALoginDialog.h"
 #include "Application.h"
 
-#include "qr.h"
 #include "ui_MSALoginDialog.h"
 
 #include "DesktopServices.h"
@@ -44,10 +43,15 @@
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QClipboard>
+#include <QColor>
+#include <QPainter>
 #include <QPixmap>
+#include <QSize>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QtWidgets/QPushButton>
 
+#include "qrcodegen.hpp"
+
 MSALoginDialog::MSALoginDialog(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent), ui(new Ui::MSALoginDialog)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
@@ -139,6 +143,33 @@ void MSALoginDialog::authorizeWithBrowser(const QUrl& url)
     m_url = url;
 }
 
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21400254/how-to-draw-a-qr-code-with-qt-in-native-c-c
+void paintQR(QPainter& painter, const QSize sz, const QString& data, QColor fg)
+{
+    // NOTE: At this point you will use the API to get the encoding and format you want, instead of my hardcoded stuff:
+    qrcodegen::QrCode qr = qrcodegen::QrCode::encodeText(data.toUtf8().constData(), qrcodegen::QrCode::Ecc::LOW);
+    const int s = qr.getSize() > 0 ? qr.getSize() : 1;
+    const double w = sz.width();
+    const double h = sz.height();
+    const double aspect = w / h;
+    const double size = ((aspect > 1.0) ? h : w);
+    const double scale = size / (s + 2);
+    // NOTE: For performance reasons my implementation only draws the foreground parts in supplied color.
+    // It expects background to be prepared already (in white or whatever is preferred).
+    painter.setPen(Qt::NoPen);
+    painter.setBrush(fg);
+    for (int y = 0; y < s; y++) {
+        for (int x = 0; x < s; x++) {
+            const int color = qr.getModule(x, y);  // 0 for white, 1 for black
+            if (0 != color) {
+                const double rx1 = (x + 1) * scale, ry1 = (y + 1) * scale;
+                QRectF r(rx1, ry1, scale, scale);
+                painter.drawRects(&r, 1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void MSALoginDialog::authorizeWithBrowserWithExtra(QString url, QString code, [[maybe_unused]] int expiresIn)
 {
     ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(1);
diff --git a/libraries/README.md b/libraries/README.md
index 5f7b685e5..be41e549f 100644
--- a/libraries/README.md
+++ b/libraries/README.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Canonical implementation of the murmur2 hash, taken from [SMHasher](https://gith
 
 Public domain (the author disclaimed the copyright).
 
-## qt-qrcodegenerator
+## QR-Code-generator
 
 A simple library for generating QR codes
 
diff --git a/libraries/qrcodegenerator b/libraries/qrcodegenerator
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..2c9044de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/qrcodegenerator
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2c9044de6b049ca25cb3cd1649ed7e27aa055138
diff --git a/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e18da0e71..000000000
--- a/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6)
-
-project(qrcode)
-
-set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
-set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
-
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED true)
-set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_REQUIRED true)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
-
-
-if(QT_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 5)
-    find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core Gui REQUIRED)
-elseif(Launcher_QT_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 6)
-    find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS Core Gui Core5Compat REQUIRED)
-    list(APPEND systeminfo_LIBS Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Core5Compat)
-endif()
-
-add_library(qrcode STATIC qr.h qr.cpp QR-Code-generator/cpp/qrcodegen.cpp QR-Code-generator/cpp/qrcodegen.hpp )
-
-target_link_libraries(qrcode Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Core Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Gui ${systeminfo_LIBS})
-
-
-# needed for statically linked qrcode in shared libs on x86_64
-set_target_properties(qrcode
-    PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE
-)
-
-target_include_directories(qrcode PUBLIC ./ PRIVATE QR-Code-generator/cpp/)
-
diff --git a/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/QR-Code-generator b/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/QR-Code-generator
deleted file mode 160000
index f40366c40..000000000
--- a/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/QR-Code-generator
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit f40366c40d8d1956081f7ec643d240c02a81df52
diff --git a/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/qr.cpp b/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/qr.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 69bfb6da5..000000000
--- a/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/qr.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-
-#include "qr.h"
-#include "qrcodegen.hpp"
-
-void paintQR(QPainter& painter, const QSize sz, const QString& data, QColor fg)
-{
-    // NOTE: At this point you will use the API to get the encoding and format you want, instead of my hardcoded stuff:
-    qrcodegen::QrCode qr = qrcodegen::QrCode::encodeText(data.toUtf8().constData(), qrcodegen::QrCode::Ecc::LOW);
-    const int s = qr.getSize() > 0 ? qr.getSize() : 1;
-    const double w = sz.width();
-    const double h = sz.height();
-    const double aspect = w / h;
-    const double size = ((aspect > 1.0) ? h : w);
-    const double scale = size / (s + 2);
-    // NOTE: For performance reasons my implementation only draws the foreground parts in supplied color.
-    // It expects background to be prepared already (in white or whatever is preferred).
-    painter.setPen(Qt::NoPen);
-    painter.setBrush(fg);
-    for (int y = 0; y < s; y++) {
-        for (int x = 0; x < s; x++) {
-            const int color = qr.getModule(x, y);  // 0 for white, 1 for black
-            if (0 != color) {
-                const double rx1 = (x + 1) * scale, ry1 = (y + 1) * scale;
-                QRectF r(rx1, ry1, scale, scale);
-                painter.drawRects(&r, 1);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/qr.h b/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/qr.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 290d49001..000000000
--- a/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/qr.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <QColor>
-#include <QPainter>
-#include <QSize>
-
-// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21400254/how-to-draw-a-qr-code-with-qt-in-native-c-c
-void paintQR(QPainter& painter, const QSize sz, const QString& data, QColor fg);
diff --git a/nix/unwrapped.nix b/nix/unwrapped.nix
index b5b02b101..d9144410f 100644
--- a/nix/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/nix/unwrapped.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   jdk17,
   kdePackages,
   libnbtplusplus,
-  qt-qrcodegenerator,
+  qrcodegenerator,
   ninja,
   self,
   stripJavaArchivesHook,
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     rm -rf source/libraries/libnbtplusplus
     ln -s ${libnbtplusplus} source/libraries/libnbtplusplus
 
-    rm -rf source/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/QR-Code-generator
-    ln -s ${qt-qrcodegenerator} source/libraries/qt-qrcodegenerator/QR-Code-generator
+    rm -rf source/libraries/qrcodegenerator
+    ln -s ${qrcodegenerator} source/libraries/qrcodegenerator
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [