diff -rupN qtactiveqt-opensource-src-5.9.6/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp qtactiveqt-opensource-src-5.9.6-new/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp
--- qtactiveqt-opensource-src-5.9.6/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp	2018-05-28 10:51:34.000000000 +0200
+++ qtactiveqt-opensource-src-5.9.6-new/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp	2018-06-13 10:30:35.849878486 +0200
@@ -4055,12 +4055,10 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxServerBase::SetColorSc
 }
 
 
-#ifdef QT_SHARED // avoid conflict with symbol in static lib
 bool qt_sendSpontaneousEvent(QObject *o, QEvent *e)
 {
     return QCoreApplication::sendSpontaneousEvent(o, e);
 }
-#endif
 
 /*
     Tries to set the size of the control.