diff --git a/qmake/project.cpp b/qmake/project.cpp
index 308aba00b4e..851534668b9 100644
--- a/qmake/project.cpp
+++ b/qmake/project.cpp
@@ -1306,6 +1306,7 @@ QMakeProject::read(uchar cmd)
                     cache_depth = Option::output_dir.mid(abs_cache.length()).count('/');
             }
             if(!qmake_cache.isEmpty()) {
+                QHash<QString, QStringList> cache;
                 if(read(qmake_cache, cache)) {
                     Option::mkfile::cachefile_depth = cache_depth;
                     Option::mkfile::cachefile = qmake_cache;
diff --git a/qmake/project.h b/qmake/project.h
index ac3b2aab7aa..823fa9c9d6c 100644
--- a/qmake/project.h
+++ b/qmake/project.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class QMakeProject
     QString pfile, cfile;
     QMakeProperty *prop;
     void reset();
-    QHash<QString, QStringList> vars, base_vars, cache;
+    QHash<QString, QStringList> vars, base_vars;
     bool parse(const QString &text, QHash<QString, QStringList> &place, int line_count=1);
 
     enum IncludeStatus {