diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4project.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4project.cpp
index a3339ee48724d3f73040ab1da386b555c3fcda71..28fdf6fee17e133099df3a00145b0e34c2e327c5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4project.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4project.cpp
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ ProFileReader *Qt4Project::createProFileReader(Qt4ProFileNode *qt4ProFileNode, Q
         m_proFileOption = new ProFileOption;
         m_proFileOptionRefCnt = 0;
 
-        if (!bc && activeTarget() && activeTarget()->activeBuildConfiguration())
+        if (!bc && activeTarget())
             bc = activeTarget()->activeBuildConfiguration();
 
         if (bc) {