diff --git a/mkspecs/features/file_copies.prf b/mkspecs/features/file_copies.prf
index 6df294212c0..4ebf41c78f8 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/file_copies.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/file_copies.prf
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 isEmpty(COPIES): return()
 contains(TEMPLATE, .*subdirs): error("COPIES does not work with TEMPLATE=subdirs")
 
-build_pass:build_all: \
-  debug_and_release:debug {
+build_pass:build_all:!isEqual(BUILD_PASS, $$first(BUILDS)) {
     # Avoid that multiple build passes race with each other.
     # This will fail to copy anything if the user explicitly invokes
     # only the non-primary build. This is unfixable, as at qmake time
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/qt_docs_targets.prf b/mkspecs/features/qt_docs_targets.prf
index 1f9e2b0b478..9e96432462d 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/qt_docs_targets.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/qt_docs_targets.prf
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ contains(TEMPLATE, subdirs) {
     for(inst, DOC_TARGETS): \
         prepareRecursiveTarget($$inst)
 } else {
-    debug_and_release:!build_pass {
+    !isEmpty(BUILDS):!build_pass {
         sub = $$first(BUILDS)
         for(inst, DOC_TARGETS) {
             $${inst}.CONFIG = recursive
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/resources.prf b/mkspecs/features/resources.prf
index 1f04c8b0d71..bc548ced05a 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/resources.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/resources.prf
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ for(resource, RESOURCES) {
 
     resource_file = $$RCC_DIR/qmake_$${resource}.qrc
 
-    !debug_and_release|build_pass {
+    isEmpty(BUILDS)|build_pass {
         # Collection of files, generate qrc file
         prefix = $$eval($${resource}.prefix)
         isEmpty(prefix): \