diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeglobals.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeglobals.cpp
index 05daec0b94bf68fe9dc9c774581b227707842556..49ba92f2ec15c0ceeb9f823fa91af6821ff6ede3 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeglobals.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeglobals.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ QMakeGlobals::QMakeGlobals()
     dirlist_sep = QLatin1Char(':');
     dir_sep = QLatin1Char('/');
 #endif
-    qmakespec = getEnv(QLatin1String("QMAKESPEC"));
 }
 
 QMakeGlobals::~QMakeGlobals()