diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 56dffc001c..673e4314c4 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 <!--               <link linkend='var-glossary-n'>N</link> -->
        <link linkend='var-OBJCOPY'>O</link>
        <link linkend='var-P'>P</link>
-       <link linkend='var-QMAKE_PROFILES'>Q</link>
+<!--               <link linkend='var-glossary-q'>Q</link> -->
        <link linkend='var-RANLIB'>R</link>
        <link linkend='var-S'>S</link>
        <link linkend='var-T'>T</link>
@@ -3943,50 +3943,6 @@
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
-        <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_POST'><glossterm>EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_POST</glossterm>
-            <info>
-                EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_POST[doc] = "Configuration variables or options you want to pass to qmake when the arguments need to be after the .pro file list on the command line."
-            </info>
-            <glossdef>
-                <para role="glossdeffirst">
-<!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
-                    Configuration variables or options you want to pass to
-                    <filename>qmake</filename>.
-                    Use this variable when the arguments need to be after the
-                    <filename>.pro</filename> file list on the command line.
-                </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    This variable is used with recipes that inherit the
-                    <filename>qmake_base</filename>
-                    class or other classes that inherit
-                    <filename>qmake_base</filename>.
-                </para>
-            </glossdef>
-        </glossentry>
-
-       <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE'><glossterm>EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE</glossterm>
-            <info>
-                EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE[doc] = "Configuration variables or options you want to pass to qmake when the arguments need to be before the .pro file list on the command line."
-            </info>
-            <glossdef>
-                <para role="glossdeffirst">
-<!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
-                    Configuration variables or options you want to pass to
-                    <filename>qmake</filename>.
-                    Use this variable when the arguments need to be before the
-                    <filename>.pro</filename> file list on the command line.
-                </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    This variable is used with recipes that inherit the
-                    <filename>qmake_base</filename>
-                    class or other classes that inherit
-                    <filename>qmake_base</filename>.
-                </para>
-            </glossdef>
-        </glossentry>
-
         <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS'><glossterm>EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS</glossterm>
             <info>
                 EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the extrausers class, this variable provides image level user and group operations."
@@ -9854,35 +9810,6 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
 
     </glossdiv>
 
-    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-q'><title>Q</title>
-
-        <glossentry id='var-QMAKE_PROFILES'><glossterm>QMAKE_PROFILES</glossterm>
-            <info>
-                QMAKE_PROFILES[doc] = "Specifies your own subset of .pro files to be built for use with qmake."
-            </info>
-            <glossdef>
-                <para role="glossdeffirst">
-<!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
-                    Specifies your own subset of <filename>.pro</filename>
-                    files to be built for use with
-                    <filename>qmake</filename>.
-                    If you do not set this variable, all
-                    <filename>.pro</filename> files in the directory pointed to
-                    by <link linkend='var-S'><filename>S</filename></link>
-                    will be built by default.
-                </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    This variable is used with recipes that inherit the
-                    <filename>qmake_base</filename>
-                    class or other classes that inherit
-                    <filename>qmake_base</filename>.
-                </para>
-            </glossdef>
-        </glossentry>
-
-    </glossdiv>
-
     <glossdiv id='var-glossary-r'><title>R</title>
 
         <glossentry id='var-RANLIB'><glossterm>RANLIB</glossterm>