diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
index 7c536b6afa6..5549d870f4e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ void QtVersion::updateAbiAndMkspec() const
                         mkspecFullPath = baseMkspecDir + "/macx-g++";
                     }
                     //resolve mkspec link
-                    mkspecFullPath = resolveLink(mkspecFullPath);
+                    mkspecFullPath = QFileInfo(mkspecFullPath).canonicalFilePath();
                 }
                 break;
             }
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ void QtVersion::updateAbiAndMkspec() const
         f2.close();
     }
 #else
-    mkspecFullPath =resolveLink(mkspecFullPath);
+    mkspecFullPath = QFileInfo(mkspecFullPath).canonicalFilePath();
 #endif
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
@@ -1650,17 +1650,6 @@ void QtVersion::updateAbiAndMkspec() const
     }
 }
 
-QString QtVersion::resolveLink(const QString &path) const
-{
-    QFileInfo f(path);
-    int links = 16;
-    while (links-- && f.isSymLink())
-        f.setFile(f.symLinkTarget());
-    if (links <= 0)
-        return QString();
-    return f.filePath();
-}
-
 QString QtVersion::qtCorePath() const
 {
     QList<QDir> dirs;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.h
index 901b7cb9b67..5644a47d806 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.h
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ private:
     void updateVersionInfo() const;
     QString findQtBinary(const QStringList &possibleName) const;
     void updateAbiAndMkspec() const;
-    QString resolveLink(const QString &path) const;
     QString qtCorePath() const;
 
     QString m_displayName;