diff --git a/mkspecs/common/xcode.conf b/mkspecs/common/xcode.conf
index 4604caf0748..9da6406f7f3 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/xcode.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/xcode.conf
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ isEmpty(QMAKE_XCODE_DEVELOPER_PATH): \
 
 # Extract Xcode version using xcodebuild
 xcode_version = $$system("xcodebuild -version")
-QMAKE_XCODE_VERSION = $$first(xcode_version)
+QMAKE_XCODE_VERSION = $$member(xcode_version, 1)
 unset(xcode_version)