diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
index 704e8f4dfeb..94747029048 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ void QbsBuildStep::build()
     options.setChangedFiles(m_changedFiles);
     options.setFilesToConsider(m_changedFiles);
     options.setActiveFileTags(m_activeFileTags);
-    options.setLogElapsedTime(!qgetenv(Constants::QBS_PROFILING_ENV).isEmpty());
+    options.setLogElapsedTime(!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty(Constants::QBS_PROFILING_ENV));
 
     QString error;
     m_job = qbsProject()->build(options, m_products, error);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectparser.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectparser.cpp
index b742eb060e2..d1481947ada 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectparser.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void QbsProjectParser::parse(const QVariantMap &config, const Environment &env,
     params.setLibexecPath(libExecDirectory());
     params.setProductErrorMode(qbs::ErrorHandlingMode::Relaxed);
     params.setPropertyCheckingMode(qbs::ErrorHandlingMode::Relaxed);
-    params.setLogElapsedTime(!qgetenv(Constants::QBS_PROFILING_ENV).isEmpty());
+    params.setLogElapsedTime(!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty(Constants::QBS_PROFILING_ENV));
 
     m_qbsSetupProjectJob = m_project.setupProject(params, QbsManager::logSink(), 0);