diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e8a2bdc55..25ea6f4ce 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4533,8 +4533,6 @@ QT_QMAKE=$pkg_cv_QT_QMAKE
 
 if test "x$QT_QMAKE" = x""; then :
 
-else
-  QT_QMAKE=$QT_QMAKE/qmake
 fi
 
 fi
diff --git a/m4/qbittorrent.m4 b/m4/qbittorrent.m4
index f8f46dd98..811959507 100644
--- a/m4/qbittorrent.m4
+++ b/m4/qbittorrent.m4
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([FIND_QT5],
 [PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([Qt5Core >= 5.2.0],
                  [PKG_CHECK_VAR(QT_QMAKE,
                                 [Qt5Core >= 5.2.0],
-                                [host_bins],
-                                [QT_QMAKE=[$QT_QMAKE]/qmake])
+                                [host_bins])
                  ])
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Qt5 qmake >= 5.2.0])