diff --git a/package/qt/qt.mk b/package/qt/qt.mk
index e7c22c3549..6c73e041e4 100644
--- a/package/qt/qt.mk
+++ b/package/qt/qt.mk
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_MOUSE_TSLIB),y)
 QT_CONFIGURE += -qt-mouse-tslib
 QT_DEP_LIBS+=tslib
-QT_TSLIB_DEB="-D TSLIBMOUSEHANDLER_DEBUG"
-QT_TSLIB_DEB:=$(call qstrip,$(QT_TSLIB_DEB))
 else
 QT_CONFIGURE += -no-mouse-tslib
 endif
@@ -165,7 +163,7 @@ QT_CONFIGURE += -no-mouse-qvfb
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_DEBUG),y)
-QT_CONFIGURE+= "-debug $(QT_TSLIB_DEB)"
+QT_CONFIGURE+= -debug
 else
 QT_CONFIGURE+= -release
 endif