diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
index 00c87a7a23c..3ed649163d2 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
@@ -1049,21 +1049,8 @@ void QMakeEvaluator::loadDefaults()
     if (GetComputerName(name, &name_length))
         vars[ProKey("QMAKE_HOST.name")] << ProString(QString::fromWCharArray(name));
 
-    QSysInfo::WinVersion ver = QSysInfo::WindowsVersion;
-    vars[ProKey("QMAKE_HOST.version")] << ProString(QString::number(ver));
-    ProString verStr;
-    switch (ver) {
-    case QSysInfo::WV_Me: verStr = ProString("WinMe"); break;
-    case QSysInfo::WV_95: verStr = ProString("Win95"); break;
-    case QSysInfo::WV_98: verStr = ProString("Win98"); break;
-    case QSysInfo::WV_NT: verStr = ProString("WinNT"); break;
-    case QSysInfo::WV_2000: verStr = ProString("Win2000"); break;
-    case QSysInfo::WV_2003: verStr = ProString("Win2003"); break;
-    case QSysInfo::WV_XP: verStr = ProString("WinXP"); break;
-    case QSysInfo::WV_VISTA: verStr = ProString("WinVista"); break;
-    default: verStr = ProString("Unknown"); break;
-    }
-    vars[ProKey("QMAKE_HOST.version_string")] << verStr;
+    vars[ProKey("QMAKE_HOST.version")] << ProString(QSysInfo::kernelVersion());
+    vars[ProKey("QMAKE_HOST.version_string")] << ProString(QSysInfo::productVersion());
 
     SYSTEM_INFO info;
     GetSystemInfo(&info);