diff --git a/mkspecs/common/android-base-tail.conf b/mkspecs/common/android-base-tail.conf
index 57f009f78f2..f403ef93309 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/android-base-tail.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/android-base-tail.conf
@@ -87,6 +87,3 @@ QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES2   = -lGLESv2
 !exists($$NDK_ROOT): error("You need to set the ANDROID_NDK_ROOT environment variable to point to your Android NDK.")
 
 load(qt_config)
-
-QMAKE_DEFAULT_LIBDIRS = $$QMAKE_LIBDIR
-QMAKE_DEFAULT_INCDIRS = $$QMAKE_INCDIR
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/toolchain.prf b/mkspecs/features/toolchain.prf
index 4ecfb8d8896..6039c52bd08 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/toolchain.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/toolchain.prf
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ isEmpty($${target_prefix}.INCDIRS) {
             # paths, so it can't just be used in place of the above code).
             # What's more, -print-search-dirs can't be used on clang on Apple because it
             # won't print all the library paths (only the clang-internal ones).
-            output = $$system("$$cmd_prefix $$QMAKE_CXX -print-search-dirs", lines, ec)
-            !equals(ec, 0): qtCompilerErrror($$QMAKE_CXX, $$output)
+            output = $$system("$$cmd_prefix $$QMAKE_LINK $$QMAKE_LFLAGS -print-search-dirs", lines, ec)
+            !equals(ec, 0): qtCompilerErrror($$QMAKE_LINK, $$output)
 
             for (line, output) {
                 contains(line, "^libraries: .*") {