diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp
index 962368bfb50..c270f791dcb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp
@@ -377,10 +377,7 @@ void Qt4Manager::runQMake(ProjectExplorer::Project *p, ProjectExplorer::Node *no
         !qt4pro->activeTarget()->activeBuildConfiguration())
         return;
 
-    Qt4BuildConfiguration *bc = qobject_cast<Qt4BuildConfiguration *>(qt4pro->activeTarget()->activeBuildConfiguration());
-    if (!bc)
-        return;
-
+    Qt4BuildConfiguration *bc = static_cast<Qt4BuildConfiguration *>(qt4pro->activeTarget()->activeBuildConfiguration());
     QMakeStep *qs = bc->qmakeStep();
     if (!qs)
         return;