diff --git a/src/linguist/shared/qmakeglobals.cpp b/src/linguist/shared/qmakeglobals.cpp
index c7f0d5c5a9152673abfd6e2de5b11db06c16a427..e1a256e03bcf69db7e51acdedcdcf3624f88b26e 100644
--- a/src/linguist/shared/qmakeglobals.cpp
+++ b/src/linguist/shared/qmakeglobals.cpp
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ bool QMakeGlobals::initProperties()
     }
 #endif
     foreach (QByteArray line, data.split('\n'))
-        if (!line.startsWith("QMAKE_")) {
+        {
             int off = line.indexOf(':');
             if (off < 0) // huh?
                 continue;
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ bool QMakeGlobals::initProperties()
                 }
             }
         }
-    properties.insert(ProKey("QMAKE_VERSION"), ProString("2.01a"));
     return true;
 }
 #else