diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/desktopqtversion.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/desktopqtversion.cpp
index 0fc6e30a5b3..c0146d2896c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/desktopqtversion.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/desktopqtversion.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ QString DesktopQtVersion::warningReason() const
 
 QList<ProjectExplorer::Abi> DesktopQtVersion::detectQtAbis() const
 {
-    ensureMkSpecParsed();
     return qtAbisFromLibrary(qtCorePath(versionInfo(), qtVersionString()));
 }