diff --git a/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass b/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass
index 79040cde0f..86bbede260 100644
--- a/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/qmake_base.bbclass
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ OE_QMAKE_PLATFORM = "${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++"
 QMAKESPEC := "${QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH}/${OE_QMAKE_PLATFORM}"
 
 # We override this completely to eliminate the -e normally passed in
-EXTRA_OEMAKE = ' MAKEFLAGS= '
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = ""
 
 export OE_QMAKE_CC="${CC}"
 export OE_QMAKE_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"