diff --git a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-embedded.inc b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-embedded.inc
index 0b304a080b..05803d15e7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-embedded.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-embedded.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Qt is a versatile cross-platform application framework -- this is
 SECTION = "libs"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://qt.nokia.com"
 DEPENDS += "directfb tslib"
-INC_PR = "r45"
+INC_PR = "r46"
 
 QT_BASE_LIB  ?= "libqt-embedded"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-tools-nativesdk.inc b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-tools-nativesdk.inc
index efb61bf142..a1dd8df0d1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-tools-nativesdk.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-tools-nativesdk.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://qt.nokia.com"
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1 | GPLv3"
 
-INC_PR = "r10"
+INC_PR = "r11"
 
 FILESEXTRAPATHS =. "${FILE_DIRNAME}/qt-${PV}:"
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "-prefix ${prefix} \
                 -verbose -release -fast -static \
                 -platform ${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++ \
                 -xplatform ${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++ \
-                -arch ${@qt_arch(d)} \
+                -arch ${QT_ARCH} \
                 -embedded -no-freetype -no-glib -no-iconv \
                 -qt3support \
                 -I${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${SDKPATHNATIVE}/usr/include/dbus-1.0 \
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ do_configure() {
     if [ ! -e bin/qmake ]; then
         ln -sf ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/qmake2 bin/qmake
     fi
+    set_arch
     (echo o; echo yes) | CC="${CC}" CXX="${CXX}" ./configure ${EXTRA_OECONF} || die "Configuring qt failed. EXTRA_OECONF was ${EXTRA_OECONF}"
 }
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc
index da989623f1..29bbfc6be0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://qt.nokia.com"
 SECTION = "x11/libs"
 DEPENDS += "virtual/libgl virtual/libx11 fontconfig libxft libxext libxrender libxrandr libxcursor"
 
-INC_PR = "r43"
+INC_PR = "r44"
 
 QT_GLFLAGS ?= "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'opengl', '-opengl', '-no-opengl', d)} "
 QT_GLFLAGS_qemux86 = "-opengl"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4.inc b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4.inc
index 468a46ff74..23fda336b2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4.inc
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ DEPENDS += "qt4-tools-native freetype jpeg libpng zlib dbus openssl glib-2.0 gst
 DEPENDS += "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pulseaudio', 'pulseaudio', '', d)}"
 
 require qt4_arch.inc
-QT_ARCH := "${@qt_arch(d)}"
-QT_ENDIAN = "${@qt_endian(d)}"
 
 QT_DISTRO_FLAGS ?= "-no-accessibility -no-sm"
 QT_DISTRO_FLAGS_linuxstdbase = "-sm"
@@ -200,6 +198,9 @@ do_configure() {
 	unset QMAKESPEC
 	unset QTDIR
 
+	set_arch
+	set_endian
+
 	if [ ! -e bin/qmake ]; then
 		ln -sf ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/qmake2 bin/qmake
 	fi
diff --git a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4_arch.inc b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4_arch.inc
index bde68dc2e0..c1d35ab726 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4_arch.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4_arch.inc
@@ -2,24 +2,20 @@ inherit siteinfo
 
 ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET = "arm"
 
-def qt_arch(d):
-    import bb, re
-    arch = d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH', True)
-    if re.match("^i.86$", arch):
-        arch = "i386"
-    elif re.match("^arm.*", arch):
-        arch = "arm"
-    elif arch == "x86_64":
-        arch = "x86"
-    elif arch == "mipsel":
-        arch = "mips"
-    return arch
+set_arch() {
+   case ${TARGET_ARCH} in
+       arm*)     QT_ARCH=arm ;;
+       i*86*)    QT_ARCH=i386 ;;
+       mips*)    QT_ARCH=mips ;;
+       powerpc*) QT_ARCH=powerpc ;;
+       x86_64*)  QT_ARCH=x86_64 ;;
+   esac
+}
 
-def qt_endian(d):
-    import bb
-    if d.getVar('SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS', True) == "le":
-        return "-little-endian"
-    elif d.getVar('SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS', True) == "be":
-        return "-big-endian"
-    else:
-        assert False
+set_endian() {
+    if [ ${SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS} = "le" ] ; then
+        QT_ENDIAN="-little-endian"
+    elif [ ${SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS} = "be" ] ; then
+        QT_ENDIAN="-big-endian"
+    fi
+}