diff --git a/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp b/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp
index fd1b6363558..39c3b7cfea4 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp
@@ -106,20 +106,12 @@ FileName BuildableHelperLibrary::findSystemQt(const Environment &env)
 
 QString BuildableHelperLibrary::qtVersionForQMake(const QString &qmakePath)
 {
-    bool qmakeIsExecutable;
-    return BuildableHelperLibrary::qtVersionForQMake(qmakePath, &qmakeIsExecutable);
-}
-
-QString BuildableHelperLibrary::qtVersionForQMake(const QString &qmakePath, bool *qmakeIsExecutable)
-{
-    *qmakeIsExecutable = !qmakePath.isEmpty();
-    if (!*qmakeIsExecutable)
+    if (qmakePath.isEmpty())
         return QString();
 
     QProcess qmake;
     qmake.start(qmakePath, QStringList(QLatin1String("--version")));
     if (!qmake.waitForStarted()) {
-        *qmakeIsExecutable = false;
         qWarning("Cannot start '%s': %s", qPrintable(qmakePath), qPrintable(qmake.errorString()));
         return QString();
     }
@@ -129,7 +121,6 @@ QString BuildableHelperLibrary::qtVersionForQMake(const QString &qmakePath, bool
         return QString();
     }
     if (qmake.exitStatus() != QProcess::NormalExit) {
-        *qmakeIsExecutable = false;
         qWarning("'%s' crashed.", qPrintable(qmakePath));
         return QString();
     }
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.h b/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.h
index 0631797102e..83d37b2e124 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.h
@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ public:
     static FileName findSystemQt(const Environment &env);
     static bool isQtChooser(const QFileInfo &info);
     static QString qtChooserToQmakePath(const QString &path);
-    // return true if the qmake at qmakePath is qt4 (used by QtVersion)
+    // return true if the qmake at qmakePath is a Qt (used by QtVersion)
     static QString qtVersionForQMake(const QString &qmakePath);
-    static QString qtVersionForQMake(const QString &qmakePath, bool *qmakeIsExecutable);
     // returns something like qmake4, qmake, qmake-qt4 or whatever distributions have chosen (used by QtVersion)
     static QStringList possibleQMakeCommands();