diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmakestep.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmakestep.cpp
index 8171aacc62bdd6bab98a8b6162048e5a38128ee5..37eca5ad3a97612d4fe62bb2a46dbffdb2c66e29 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmakestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmakestep.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ QStringList QMakeStep::arguments(const QString &buildConfiguration)
         if (!(defaultBuildConfiguration & QtVersion::DebugBuild) && (projectBuildConfiguration & QtVersion::DebugBuild))
             configarguments << "CONFIG+=debug";
         if (!configarguments.isEmpty())
-            arguments << "-after" << configarguments;
+            arguments << configarguments;
     } else {
         arguments << "CONFIG+=debug_and_release";
     }