diff --git a/mkspecs/features/qt.prf b/mkspecs/features/qt.prf
index 3791c9565a4..65deed3fec8 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/qt.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/qt.prf
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ for(QT_CURRENT_VERIFY, $$list($$QT_PLUGIN_VERIFY)) {
 QMAKE_LIBDIR += $$QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT
 
 # Topological ordering of modules based on their QT.<module>.depends variable
-QT = $$resolve_depends($$QT, "QT.")
+QT = $$resolve_depends(QT, "QT.")
 
 QT_DEPENDS=
 
diff --git a/qmake/project.cpp b/qmake/project.cpp
index 99aa0d3ae25..f6a45204f8a 100644
--- a/qmake/project.cpp
+++ b/qmake/project.cpp
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ QMakeProject::doProjectExpand(QString func, QList<QStringList> args_list,
             fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: resolve_depends(var, prefix) requires one or two arguments.\n",
                     parser.file.toLatin1().constData(), parser.line_no);
         } else {
-            ret += resolveDepends(args[0].split(QString(Option::field_sep)),
+            ret += resolveDepends(values(args[0], place),
                                   (args.count() != 2 ? QString() : args[1]),
                                   place);
         }