diff --git a/qmake/main.cpp b/qmake/main.cpp
index 45672c67ee6..835849c652e 100644
--- a/qmake/main.cpp
+++ b/qmake/main.cpp
@@ -173,8 +173,10 @@ int runQMake(int argc, char **argv)
                 exit_val = 3;
                 continue;
             }
-            if(Option::mkfile::do_preprocess) //no need to create makefile
-                continue;
+            if (Option::mkfile::do_preprocess) {
+                project.dump();
+                continue; //no need to create makefile
+            }
         }
 
         bool success = true;
diff --git a/qmake/option.cpp b/qmake/option.cpp
index 7d6148ce0aa..91ff4050d10 100644
--- a/qmake/option.cpp
+++ b/qmake/option.cpp
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ Option::parseCommandLine(int argc, char **argv, int skip)
                     } else if(opt == "nodependheuristics") {
                         Option::mkfile::do_dep_heuristics = false;
                     } else if(opt == "E") {
-                        fprintf(stderr, "-E is deprecated. Use -d instead.\n");
                         Option::mkfile::do_preprocess = true;
                     } else if(opt == "cache") {
                         Option::mkfile::cachefile = argv[++x];
diff --git a/qmake/project.cpp b/qmake/project.cpp
index 80e95f392ae..c2558cccf60 100644
--- a/qmake/project.cpp
+++ b/qmake/project.cpp
@@ -1128,14 +1128,6 @@ QMakeProject::parse(const QString &t, QHash<QString, QStringList> &place, int nu
 
     doVariableReplace(var, place);
     var = varMap(var); //backwards compatibility
-    if(!var.isEmpty() && Option::mkfile::do_preprocess) {
-        static QString last_file("*none*");
-        if(parser.file != last_file) {
-            fprintf(stdout, "#file %s:%d\n", parser.file.toLatin1().constData(), parser.line_no);
-            last_file = parser.file;
-        }
-        fprintf(stdout, "%s %s %s\n", var.toLatin1().constData(), op.toLatin1().constData(), vals.toLatin1().constData());
-    }
 
     if(vals.contains('=') && numLines > 1)
         warn_msg(WarnParser, "Possible accidental line continuation: {%s} at %s:%d",
@@ -1850,10 +1842,6 @@ QMakeProject::doProjectInclude(QString file, uchar flags, QHash<QString, QString
     } else if (!QFile::exists(file)) {
         return IncludeNoExist;
     }
-    if(Option::mkfile::do_preprocess) //nice to see this first..
-        fprintf(stderr, "#switching file %s(%s) - %s:%d\n", (flags & IncludeFlagFeature) ? "load" : "include",
-                file.toLatin1().constData(),
-                parser.file.toLatin1().constData(), parser.line_no);
     debug_msg(1, "Project Parser: %s'ing file %s.", (flags & IncludeFlagFeature) ? "load" : "include",
               file.toLatin1().constData());
 
@@ -3781,4 +3769,21 @@ bool QMakeProject::isEmpty(const QString &v) const
     return it == vars.constEnd() || it->isEmpty();
 }
 
+void
+QMakeProject::dump() const
+{
+    QStringList out;
+    for (QHash<QString, QStringList>::ConstIterator it = vars.begin(); it != vars.end(); ++it) {
+        if (!it.key().startsWith('.')) {
+            QString str = it.key() + " =";
+            foreach (const QString &v, it.value())
+                str += ' ' + quoteValue(v);
+            out << str;
+        }
+    }
+    out.sort();
+    foreach (const QString &v, out)
+        puts(qPrintable(v));
+}
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/qmake/project.h b/qmake/project.h
index 171016e2649..57ea023acdd 100644
--- a/qmake/project.h
+++ b/qmake/project.h
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ public:
     const QHash<QString, QStringList> &variables() const { return vars; }
     QHash<QString, QStringList> &variables() { return vars; }
 
+    void dump() const;
+
     bool isRecursive() const { return recursive; }
     bool isHostBuild() const { return host_build; }