diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp

index acc73389ed..80b5763d5c 100644

--- a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp

+++ b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp

@@ -644,9 +644,7 @@ QString qmake_abslocation();

 static QString getPrefixFromHostBinDir(const char *hostBinDirToPrefixPath)

 {

-    const QFileInfo qmfi = QFileInfo(qmake_abslocation()).canonicalFilePath();

-    return QDir::cleanPath(qmfi.absolutePath() + QLatin1Char('/')

-                           + QLatin1String(hostBinDirToPrefixPath));

+    return QString::fromLatin1(QT_CONFIGURE_PREFIX_PATH);

 }

 static QString getExtPrefixFromHostBinDir()