diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
index 078fcb1f806..7cbe2b6e03b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
@@ -1681,9 +1681,9 @@ void Qt4ProFileNode::setupReader()
     Q_ASSERT(!m_readerCumulative);
 
     m_readerExact = m_project->createProFileReader(this);
-    m_readerExact->setCumulative(false);
 
     m_readerCumulative = m_project->createProFileReader(this);
+    m_readerCumulative->setCumulative(true);
 }
 
 Qt4ProFileNode::EvalResult Qt4ProFileNode::evaluate()
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
index 01e3ee4b45b..fcb48e11f1c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
@@ -726,7 +726,6 @@ void BaseQtVersion::ensureMkSpecParsed() const
     QMakeParser parser(ProFileCacheManager::instance()->cache(), &msgHandler);
     ProFileEvaluator evaluator(&option, &parser, &msgHandler);
     if (ProFile *pro = parser.parsedProFile(mkspecPath().toString() + QLatin1String("/qmake.conf"))) {
-        evaluator.setCumulative(false);
         evaluator.accept(pro, QMakeEvaluator::LoadProOnly);
         pro->deref();
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtversionfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtversionfactory.cpp
index 1e97927e165..31c59b63fec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtversionfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtversionfactory.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ BaseQtVersion *QtVersionFactory::createQtVersionFromQMakePath(const Utils::FileN
     QMakeParser parser(ProFileCacheManager::instance()->cache(), &msgHandler);
     ProFileEvaluator evaluator(&globals, &parser, &msgHandler);
     if (ProFile *pro = parser.parsedProFile(mkspec.toString() + QLatin1String("/qmake.conf"))) {
-        evaluator.setCumulative(false);
         evaluator.accept(pro, QMakeEvaluator::LoadProOnly);
         pro->deref();
     }
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
index 570f15cc8bb..98d630c707b 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public:
 
     ProFileEvaluator::TemplateType templateType() const;
 #ifdef PROEVALUATOR_CUMULATIVE
-    void setCumulative(bool on); // Default is true!
+    void setCumulative(bool on); // Default is false
 #endif
     void setOutputDir(const QString &dir); // Default is empty
 
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
index 192b3859a2e..40f48ae1a8f 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ QMakeEvaluator::QMakeEvaluator(QMakeGlobals *option,
 
     // Configuration, more or less
 #ifdef PROEVALUATOR_CUMULATIVE
-    m_cumulative = true;
+    m_cumulative = false;
 #endif
 
     // Evaluator state
@@ -924,9 +924,6 @@ bool QMakeEvaluator::prepareProject()
         }
         if (!qmake_cache.isEmpty()) {
             QMakeEvaluator evaluator(m_option, m_parser, m_handler);
-#ifdef PROEVALUATOR_CUMULATIVE
-            evaluator.m_cumulative = false;
-#endif
             if (!evaluator.evaluateFileDirect(qmake_cache, QMakeHandler::EvalConfigFile, LoadProOnly))
                 return false;
             if (m_option->qmakespec.isEmpty())
@@ -940,10 +937,6 @@ bool QMakeEvaluator::prepareProject()
 
 bool QMakeEvaluator::loadSpec()
 {
-#ifdef PROEVALUATOR_CUMULATIVE
-    m_cumulative = false;
-#endif
-
     loadDefaults();
 
     QString qmakespec = m_option->expandEnvVars(m_option->qmakespec);
@@ -1828,9 +1821,6 @@ bool QMakeEvaluator::evaluateFileInto(
         ProValueMap *values, EvalIntoMode mode)
 {
     QMakeEvaluator visitor(m_option, m_parser, m_handler);
-#ifdef PROEVALUATOR_CUMULATIVE
-    visitor.m_cumulative = false;
-#endif
     visitor.m_outputDir = m_outputDir;
     if (!visitor.evaluateFile(fileName, type,
             (mode == EvalWithSetup) ? LoadAll : LoadProOnly))