diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
index ead57093c9d..e13b3e49ccc 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
@@ -1470,8 +1470,7 @@ void QMakeEvaluator::updateFeaturePaths()
         }
     }
 
-    feature_bases << (m_option->propertyValue(ProKey("QT_HOST_DATA/get")).toQString(m_mtmp)
-                      + mkspecs_concat);
+    feature_bases << (m_option->propertyValue(ProKey("QT_HOST_DATA/get")) + mkspecs_concat);
 
     foreach (const QString &fb, feature_bases) {
         foreach (const ProString &sfx, values(ProKey("QMAKE_PLATFORM")))