diff --git a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
index 7e471f126c..8e46da521f 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
@@ -1851,7 +1851,6 @@ QString MakefileGenerator::resolveDependency(const QDir &outDir, const QString &
 }
 
 void MakefileGenerator::callExtraCompilerDependCommand(const ProString &extraCompiler,
-                                                       const QString &dep_cd_cmd,
                                                        const QString &tmp_dep_cmd,
                                                        const QString &inpf,
                                                        const QString &tmp_out,
@@ -1864,7 +1863,10 @@ void MakefileGenerator::callExtraCompilerDependCommand(const ProString &extraCom
     QString dep_cmd = replaceExtraCompilerVariables(tmp_dep_cmd, inpf, tmp_out, LocalShell);
     if (checkCommandAvailability && !canExecute(dep_cmd))
         return;
-    dep_cmd = dep_cd_cmd + fixEnvVariables(dep_cmd);
+    dep_cmd = QLatin1String("cd ")
+            + IoUtils::shellQuote(Option::fixPathToLocalOS(Option::output_dir, false))
+            + QLatin1String(" && ")
+            + fixEnvVariables(dep_cmd);
     if (FILE *proc = QT_POPEN(dep_cmd.toLatin1().constData(), QT_POPEN_READ)) {
         QByteArray depData;
         while (int read_in = feof(proc) ? 0 : (int)fread(buff, 1, 255, proc))
@@ -1916,12 +1918,6 @@ MakefileGenerator::writeExtraCompilerTargets(QTextStream &t)
                                      FileFixifyFromOutdir);
         const QString tmp_cmd = project->values(ProKey(*it + ".commands")).join(' ');
         const QString tmp_dep_cmd = project->values(ProKey(*it + ".depend_command")).join(' ');
-        QString dep_cd_cmd;
-        if (!tmp_dep_cmd.isEmpty()) {
-            dep_cd_cmd = QLatin1String("cd ")
-                 + IoUtils::shellQuote(Option::fixPathToLocalOS(Option::output_dir, false))
-                 + QLatin1String(" && ");
-        }
         const bool dep_lines = (config.indexOf("dep_lines") != -1);
         const ProStringList &vars = project->values(ProKey(*it + ".variables"));
         if(tmp_out.isEmpty() || tmp_cmd.isEmpty())
@@ -2035,7 +2031,7 @@ MakefileGenerator::writeExtraCompilerTargets(QTextStream &t)
                 deps += findDependencies(inpf);
                 inputs += Option::fixPathToTargetOS(inpf, false);
                 if(!tmp_dep_cmd.isEmpty() && doDepends()) {
-                    callExtraCompilerDependCommand(*it, dep_cd_cmd, tmp_dep_cmd, inpf,
+                    callExtraCompilerDependCommand(*it, tmp_dep_cmd, inpf,
                                                    tmp_out, dep_lines, &deps, existingDepsOnly);
                 }
             }
@@ -2084,7 +2080,7 @@ MakefileGenerator::writeExtraCompilerTargets(QTextStream &t)
             for (ProStringList::ConstIterator it3 = vars.constBegin(); it3 != vars.constEnd(); ++it3)
                 cmd.replace("$(" + (*it3) + ")", "$(QMAKE_COMP_" + (*it3)+")");
             if(!tmp_dep_cmd.isEmpty() && doDepends()) {
-                callExtraCompilerDependCommand(*it, dep_cd_cmd, tmp_dep_cmd, inpf,
+                callExtraCompilerDependCommand(*it, tmp_dep_cmd, inpf,
                                                tmp_out, dep_lines, &deps, existingDepsOnly);
                 //use the depend system to find includes of these included files
                 QStringList inc_deps;
diff --git a/qmake/generators/makefile.h b/qmake/generators/makefile.h
index ab970c966f..a96b9c54da 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/makefile.h
+++ b/qmake/generators/makefile.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ protected:
     void writeExtraVariables(QTextStream &t);
     void writeExtraTargets(QTextStream &t);
     QString resolveDependency(const QDir &outDir, const QString &file);
-    void callExtraCompilerDependCommand(const ProString &extraCompiler, const QString &dep_cd_cmd,
+    void callExtraCompilerDependCommand(const ProString &extraCompiler,
                                         const QString &tmp_dep_cmd, const QString &inpf,
                                         const QString &tmp_out, bool dep_lines, QStringList *deps,
                                         bool existingDepsOnly,
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_objectmodel.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_objectmodel.cpp
index 2b39a4baaa..3002ce889c 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_objectmodel.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_objectmodel.cpp
@@ -2351,10 +2351,7 @@ bool VCFilter::addExtraCompiler(const VCFilterFile &info)
         if (!tmp_dep.isEmpty())
             deps = tmp_dep;
         if (!tmp_dep_cmd.isEmpty()) {
-            const QString dep_cd_cmd = QLatin1String("cd ")
-                    + IoUtils::shellQuote(Option::fixPathToLocalOS(Option::output_dir, false))
-                    + QLatin1String(" && ");
-            Project->callExtraCompilerDependCommand(extraCompilerName, dep_cd_cmd, tmp_dep_cmd,
+            Project->callExtraCompilerDependCommand(extraCompilerName, tmp_dep_cmd,
                                                     inFile, out,
                                                     true, // dep_lines
                                                     &deps,
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
index 80f444820a..e117f472e0 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
@@ -1483,12 +1483,8 @@ void VcprojGenerator::initResourceFiles()
     if(!rcc_dep_cmd.isEmpty()) {
         const QStringList qrc_files = project->values("RESOURCES").toQStringList();
         QStringList deps;
-        const QString rcc_dep_cd_cmd = QLatin1String("cd ")
-                + IoUtils::shellQuote(Option::fixPathToLocalOS(Option::output_dir, false))
-                + QLatin1String(" && ");
         for (const QString &qrc_file : qrc_files) {
             callExtraCompilerDependCommand("rcc",
-                                           rcc_dep_cd_cmd,
                                            rcc_dep_cmd,
                                            qrc_file,
                                            QString(),