diff --git a/.qmake.conf b/.qmake.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..42ba8e45fb1fbff3ff9c88e788a4470fd72ce478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.qmake.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+load(qt_build_config)
diff --git a/src/xmlpatterns/xmlpatterns.pro b/src/xmlpatterns/xmlpatterns.pro
index fa570663d47c609e7fece66fde28d3baaec74f18..7d67631b125345119385313b706807e718ae8e6e 100644
--- a/src/xmlpatterns/xmlpatterns.pro
+++ b/src/xmlpatterns/xmlpatterns.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-load(qt_build_config)
-
 TARGET     = QtXmlPatterns
 CONFIG += exceptions
 QT = core-private network
diff --git a/tests/auto/xmlpatternsschema/xmlpatternsschema.pro b/tests/auto/xmlpatternsschema/xmlpatternsschema.pro
index 282393613c04fcc2cdcd6fd57f19fa0ca61bf96b..0f323f7a2bdce7d947310eca011852eb10fe280b 100644
--- a/tests/auto/xmlpatternsschema/xmlpatternsschema.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/xmlpatternsschema/xmlpatternsschema.pro
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 TARGET = tst_xmlpatternsschema
 CONFIG += testcase
 QT += testlib
-load(qt_build_config)
 
 SOURCES += tst_xmlpatternsschema.cpp \
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/xmlpatternssdk/xmlpatternssdk.pro b/tests/auto/xmlpatternssdk/xmlpatternssdk.pro
index 7f908fd1b652a8372d86dfa91116f57888be061f..40584c7812c2b6a12b89a811f43b57a36fd97599 100644
--- a/tests/auto/xmlpatternssdk/xmlpatternssdk.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/xmlpatternssdk/xmlpatternssdk.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-load(qt_build_config)
-
 include (../xmlpatterns.pri)
 
 TARGET   = $$XMLPATTERNS_SDK