diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.cpp
index 66fbc2f8b97..7eaa5157b9b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.cpp
@@ -87,16 +87,6 @@ QList<ProFile*> ProFileReader::includeFiles() const
     return list;
 }
 
-QString ProFileReader::value(const QString &variable) const
-{
-    const QStringList &vals = values(variable);
-    if (!vals.isEmpty())
-        return vals.first();
-
-    return QString();
-}
-
-
 void ProFileReader::fileMessage(const QString &message)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(message)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.h
index 1019be7870a..3fec6307f1f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.h
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ public:
     bool readProFile(const QString &fileName);
     QList<ProFile*> includeFiles() const;
 
-    QString value(const QString &variable) const;
-
     ProFile *proFileFor(const QString &name);
 signals:
     void errorFound(const QString &error);
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
index b18d06794a4..700c30b2c7f 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
@@ -4080,6 +4080,15 @@ static QStringList expandEnvVars(const ProStringList &x)
     return ret;
 }
 
+QString ProFileEvaluator::value(const QString &variable) const
+{
+    const QStringList &vals = values(variable);
+    if (!vals.isEmpty())
+        return vals.first();
+
+    return QString();
+}
+
 QStringList ProFileEvaluator::values(const QString &variableName) const
 {
     return expandEnvVars(d->values(ProString(variableName)));
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
index 2fe48fc562f..239c4e1d0b2 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public:
     bool accept(ProFile *pro);
 
     bool contains(const QString &variableName) const;
+    QString value(const QString &variableName) const;
     QStringList values(const QString &variableName) const;
     QStringList values(const QString &variableName, const ProFile *pro) const;
     QStringList absolutePathValues(const QString &variable, const QString &baseDirectory) const;