diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp
index 67c525a1db05da6dcf00233fa95826e4806abe99..c1a1f3be251892ab15a6005fba27f1397c18643d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -484,6 +484,15 @@ bool Qt4BuildConfiguration::compareToImportFrom(const QString &workingDirectory)
     return false;
 }
 
+QStringList Qt4BuildConfiguration::removeQMLInspectorFromArgumentList(const QStringList &old)
+{
+    QStringList result;
+    foreach (const QString &str, old)
+        if (!str.startsWith(QLatin1String(Constants::QMAKEVAR_QMLINSPECTOR_PATH)))
+            result << str;
+    return result;
+}
+
 // We match -spec and -platfrom separetly
 // We ignore -cache, because qmake contained a bug that it didn't
 // mention the -cache in the Makefile
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.h
index e9fea9889556084c14af2918fb1d0422cf25dcd6..2b2ac67fc37bbeb1e49a21077e01703188ebec34 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ public:
     QString defaultMakeTarget() const;
 
     bool compareToImportFrom(const QString &workingDirectory);
+    static QStringList removeQMLInspectorFromArgumentList(const QStringList &old);
     static QStringList removeSpecFromArgumentList(const QStringList &old);
     static QString extractSpecFromArgumentList(const QStringList &list, QString directory, QtVersion *version);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectconfigwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectconfigwidget.cpp
index d861dd2eee0fbf7eea59bd21cdf5135d7cb9ba4d..a2ae1a231c4274c747b9b86931855514b7305038 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectconfigwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectconfigwidget.cpp
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ void Qt4ProjectConfigWidget::importLabelClicked()
                 additionalArguments.prepend("-spec");
             }
 
+            additionalArguments = Qt4BuildConfiguration::removeQMLInspectorFromArgumentList(additionalArguments);
+
             // So we got all the information now apply it...
             m_buildConfiguration->setQtVersion(version);