diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus.pri b/src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus.pri
index d43b4fc1c9c..702e15eb647 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus.pri
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus.pri
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-INCLUDEPATH +=$$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/libs/3rdparty $$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/libs/3rdparty/cplusplus
-INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/libs/3rdparty
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/libs/3rdparty/cplusplus
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$PWD
 LIBS *= -l$$qtLibraryName(CPlusPlus)
diff --git a/src/libs/glsl/glsl.pri b/src/libs/glsl/glsl.pri
index 693082c2b18..6ac58e127af 100644
--- a/src/libs/glsl/glsl.pri
+++ b/src/libs/glsl/glsl.pri
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 LIBS *= -l$$qtLibraryName(GLSL)
-DEFINES += QT_CREATOR
+DEFINES *= QT_CREATOR
diff --git a/src/libs/languageutils/languageutils.pri b/src/libs/languageutils/languageutils.pri
index 0ed4f1e1f6a..776658faf16 100644
--- a/src/libs/languageutils/languageutils.pri
+++ b/src/libs/languageutils/languageutils.pri
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 LIBS *= -l$$qtLibraryName(LanguageUtils)
-DEFINES += QT_CREATOR
+DEFINES *= QT_CREATOR
diff --git a/src/libs/qmleditorwidgets/qmleditorwidgets.pri b/src/libs/qmleditorwidgets/qmleditorwidgets.pri
index 4a2788cf3a8..fcd2f9b3dbb 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmleditorwidgets/qmleditorwidgets.pri
+++ b/src/libs/qmleditorwidgets/qmleditorwidgets.pri
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD $$PWD/easingpane
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$PWD
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$PWD/easingpane
 greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4) {
     QT += quick1
 } else {
diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljs.pri b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljs.pri
index 20d20c513da..948dcce450e 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljs.pri
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljs.pri
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-INCLUDEPATH += \
-    $$PWD/../../shared \
-    $$PWD/../../shared/qmljs \
-    $$PWD/../../shared/qmljs/parser
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$PWD/../../shared
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$PWD/../../shared/qmljs
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$PWD/../../shared/qmljs/parser
 
 LIBS *= -l$$qtLibraryName(QmlJS)
-DEFINES += QT_CREATOR
+DEFINES *= QT_CREATOR
diff --git a/src/plugins/analyzerbase/analyzerbase.pri b/src/plugins/analyzerbase/analyzerbase.pri
index 82780bd242a..b763226fe3c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/analyzerbase/analyzerbase.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/analyzerbase/analyzerbase.pri
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 include(analyzerbase_dependencies.pri)
 
-INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$PWD
 LIBS *= -l$$qtLibraryName(AnalyzerBase)
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debugger.pri b/src/plugins/debugger/debugger.pri
index 357158b002c..d2d0e11f552 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debugger.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debugger.pri
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 include(debugger_dependencies.pri)
 
-INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$PWD
 LIBS *= -l$$qtLibraryName(Debugger)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljstools.pri b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljstools.pri
index 5b1a7b957cc..75415d0c1f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljstools.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljstools.pri
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 include(qmljstools_dependencies.pri)
 
-INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/..
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$PWD/..
 
 LIBS *= -l$$qtLibraryName(QmlJSTools)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtsupport.pri b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtsupport.pri
index 06e0f025e80..a419733faf9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtsupport.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtsupport.pri
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 include(qtsupport_dependencies.pri)
 
 LIBS *= -l$$qtLibraryName(QtSupport)
-DEFINES += \
-    QMAKE_AS_LIBRARY \
-    PROPARSER_THREAD_SAFE PROEVALUATOR_THREAD_SAFE PROEVALUATOR_CUMULATIVE
+DEFINES *= QMAKE_AS_LIBRARY
+DEFINES *= PROPARSER_THREAD_SAFE
+DEFINES *= PROEVALUATOR_THREAD_SAFE
+DEFINES *= PROEVALUATOR_CUMULATIVE