diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakebuiltins.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakebuiltins.cpp
index 1941b5b80e4..b8db3577aa0 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakebuiltins.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakebuiltins.cpp
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ ProStringList QMakeEvaluator::evaluateExpandFunction(
             ProValueMap vars;
             QString fn = resolvePath(m_option->expandEnvVars(args.at(0).toQString(m_tmp1)));
             fn.detach();
-            if (evaluateFileInto(fn, QMakeHandler::EvalAuxFile, &vars, LoadProOnly))
+            if (evaluateFileInto(fn, &vars, LoadProOnly))
                 ret = vars.value(map(args.at(1)));
         }
         break;
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ QMakeEvaluator::VisitReturn QMakeEvaluator::evaluateConditionalFunction(
             ProValueMap vars;
             QString fn = resolvePath(m_option->expandEnvVars(args.at(0).toQString(m_tmp1)));
             fn.detach();
-            if (!evaluateFileInto(fn, QMakeHandler::EvalAuxFile, &vars, LoadProOnly))
+            if (!evaluateFileInto(fn, &vars, LoadProOnly))
                 return ReturnFalse;
             if (args.count() == 2)
                 return returnBool(vars.contains(map(args.at(1))));
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ QMakeEvaluator::VisitReturn QMakeEvaluator::evaluateConditionalFunction(
             ok = evaluateFile(fn, QMakeHandler::EvalIncludeFile, LoadProOnly | flags);
         } else {
             ProValueMap symbols;
-            if ((ok = evaluateFileInto(fn, QMakeHandler::EvalAuxFile, &symbols, LoadAll | flags))) {
+            if ((ok = evaluateFileInto(fn, &symbols, LoadAll | flags))) {
                 ProValueMap newMap;
                 for (ProValueMap::ConstIterator
                         it = m_valuemapStack.top().constBegin(),
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
index 223835506f5..81c2c23a87e 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
@@ -1768,14 +1768,13 @@ bool QMakeEvaluator::evaluateFeatureFile(const QString &fileName, bool silent)
     return ok;
 }
 
-bool QMakeEvaluator::evaluateFileInto(const QString &fileName, QMakeHandler::EvalFileType type,
-        ProValueMap *values, LoadFlags flags)
+bool QMakeEvaluator::evaluateFileInto(const QString &fileName, ProValueMap *values, LoadFlags flags)
 {
     QMakeEvaluator visitor(m_option, m_parser, m_handler);
     visitor.m_caller = this;
     visitor.m_outputDir = m_outputDir;
     visitor.m_featureRoots = m_featureRoots;
-    if (!visitor.evaluateFile(fileName, type, flags))
+    if (!visitor.evaluateFile(fileName, QMakeHandler::EvalAuxFile, flags))
         return false;
     *values = visitor.m_valuemapStack.top();
 #ifdef PROEVALUATOR_FULL
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.h b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.h
index c6dcb60406a..e08a1f525db 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.h
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public:
     bool evaluateFile(const QString &fileName, QMakeHandler::EvalFileType type,
                       LoadFlags flags);
     bool evaluateFeatureFile(const QString &fileName, bool silent = false);
-    bool evaluateFileInto(const QString &fileName, QMakeHandler::EvalFileType type,
+    bool evaluateFileInto(const QString &fileName,
                           ProValueMap *values, // output-only
                           LoadFlags flags);
     void message(int type, const QString &msg) const;