diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2b8b4031ef..5e574e668a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2221,29 +2221,6 @@ if [ "$OPT_SHADOW" = "yes" ]; then
 
     [ -d "$outpath/bin" ] || mkdir -p "$outpath/bin"
 
-    # symlink the qmake directory
-    find "$relpath/qmake" | while read a; do
-        my_a=`echo "$a" | sed "s,^${relpath}/,${outpath}/,"`
-        if [ '!' -f "$my_a" ]; then
-            if [ -d "$a" ]; then
-                # directories are created...
-                mkdir -p "$my_a"
-            else
-                a_dir=`dirname "$my_a"`
-                [ -d "$a_dir" ] || mkdir -p "$a_dir"
-                # ... and files are symlinked
-                case `basename "$a"` in
-                *.o|*.d|GNUmakefile*|qmake)
-                    ;;
-                *)
-                    rm -f "$my_a"
-                    ln -s "$a" "$my_a"
-                    ;;
-                esac
-            fi
-        fi
-    done
-
     # make a syncqt script that can be used in the shadow
     rm -f "$outpath/bin/syncqt"
     if [ -x "$relpath/bin/syncqt" ]; then
@@ -4098,6 +4075,7 @@ if true; then ###[ '!' -f "$outpath/bin/qmake" ];
     #mkspecs/default is used as a (gasp!) default mkspec so QMAKESPEC needn't be set once configured
     rm -rf mkspecs/default
     ln -s `echo $XQMAKESPEC | sed "s,^${relpath}/mkspecs/,,"` mkspecs/default
+    mkdir -p "$outpath/qmake" || exit
     # fix makefiles
     for mkfile in GNUmakefile Makefile; do
         EXTRA_LFLAGS=
diff --git a/qmake/Makefile.unix b/qmake/Makefile.unix
index d9835932d6..03a8597eff 100644
--- a/qmake/Makefile.unix
+++ b/qmake/Makefile.unix
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ QTSRCS = @QMAKE_QTSRCS@
 QMAKESPEC = @QMAKESPEC@
 LFLAGS = @QMAKE_LFLAGS@
 
+QMKSRC = $(SOURCE_PATH)/qmake
+
 #qmake code
 OBJS=project.o property.o main.o makefile.o unixmake2.o unixmake.o  \
      mingw_make.o option.o winmakefile.o projectgenerator.o \
@@ -69,8 +71,8 @@ DEPEND_SRC=project.cpp property.cpp meta.cpp main.cpp generators/makefile.cpp ge
 	   $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/global/qlogging.cpp \
 	   $(QTSRCS)
 
-CPPFLAGS = -g -I. -Igenerators -Igenerators/unix -Igenerators/win32 \
-           -Igenerators/mac -Igenerators/integrity \
+CPPFLAGS = -g -I$(QMKSRC) -I$(QMKSRC)/generators -I$(QMKSRC)/generators/unix -I$(QMKSRC)/generators/win32 \
+           -I$(QMKSRC)/generators/mac -I$(QMKSRC)/generators/integrity \
 	   -I$(BUILD_PATH)/include -I$(BUILD_PATH)/include/QtCore \
 	   -I$(BUILD_PATH)/include/QtCore/$(QT_VERSION) -I$(BUILD_PATH)/include/QtCore/$(QT_VERSION)/QtCore \
 	   -I$(BUILD_PATH)/src/corelib/global \
@@ -97,7 +99,74 @@ distclean:: clean
 depend:
 	makedepend -D__MAKEDEPEND__ $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEPEND_SRC)
 
-# don't use optimization for these
+
+project.o: $(QMKSRC)/project.cpp $(QMKSRC)/project.h $(QMKSRC)/option.h
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+property.o: $(QMKSRC)/property.cpp $(QMKSRC)/project.h $(QMKSRC)/option.h
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+meta.o: $(QMKSRC)/meta.cpp $(QMKSRC)/project.h $(QMKSRC)/option.h
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+main.o: $(QMKSRC)/main.cpp $(QMKSRC)/project.h
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+option.o: $(QMKSRC)/option.cpp $(QMKSRC)/option.h
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+metamakefile.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/metamakefile.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+xmloutput.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/xmloutput.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+makefiledeps.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/makefiledeps.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+makefile.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/makefile.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+unixmake.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+unixmake2.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+winmakefile.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+borland_bmake.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/win32/borland_bmake.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+mingw_make.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/win32/mingw_make.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+msvc_objectmodel.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/win32/msvc_objectmodel.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+msvc_vcproj.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+msbuild_objectmodel.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/win32/msbuild_objectmodel.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+msvc_vcxproj.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/win32/msvc_vcxproj.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+msvc_nmake.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+pbuilder_pbx.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/mac/pbuilder_pbx.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+gbuild.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/integrity/gbuild.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+projectgenerator.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/projectgenerator.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
+
 qtextstream.o: $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/io/qtextstream.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/io/qtextstream.cpp
 
@@ -242,75 +311,9 @@ qhash.o: $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/tools/qhash.cpp
 qlinkedlist.o: $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/tools/qlinkedlist.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/tools/qlinkedlist.cpp
 
-winmakefile.o: generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
-
-project.o: project.cpp project.h option.h
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) project.cpp
-
-property.o: property.cpp project.h option.h
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) property.cpp
-
-meta.o: meta.cpp project.h option.h
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) meta.cpp
-
-main.o: main.cpp project.h
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) main.cpp
-
-option.o: option.cpp option.h $(BUILD_PATH)/src/corelib/global/qconfig.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) option.cpp
-
 qcryptographichash.o:  $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp
 
-metamakefile.o: generators/metamakefile.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/metamakefile.cpp
-
-xmloutput.o: generators/xmloutput.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/xmloutput.cpp
-
-makefiledeps.o: generators/makefiledeps.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/makefiledeps.cpp
-
-makefile.o: generators/makefile.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/makefile.cpp
-
-unixmake.o: generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
-
-unixmake2.o: generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
-
-borland_bmake.o: generators/win32/borland_bmake.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/win32/borland_bmake.cpp
-
-mingw_make.o: generators/win32/mingw_make.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/win32/mingw_make.cpp
-
-msvc_objectmodel.o: generators/win32/msvc_objectmodel.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/win32/msvc_objectmodel.cpp
-
-msvc_vcproj.o: generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
-
-msbuild_objectmodel.o: generators/win32/msbuild_objectmodel.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/win32/msbuild_objectmodel.cpp
-
-msvc_vcxproj.o: generators/win32/msvc_vcxproj.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/win32/msvc_vcxproj.cpp
-
-msvc_nmake.o: generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
-
-pbuilder_pbx.o: generators/mac/pbuilder_pbx.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/mac/pbuilder_pbx.cpp
-
-gbuild.o: generators/integrity/gbuild.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/integrity/gbuild.cpp
-
-projectgenerator.o: generators/projectgenerator.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) generators/projectgenerator.cpp
-
 qxmlstream.o: $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/xml/qxmlstream.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/xml/qxmlstream.cpp
 
@@ -320,8 +323,4 @@ qxmlutils.o: $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/xml/qxmlutils.cpp
 qlogging.o: $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/global/qlogging.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/global/qlogging.cpp
 
-#default rules
-.cpp.o:
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
-
 # DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE -- make depend depends on it
diff --git a/qmake/Makefile.win32 b/qmake/Makefile.win32
index f640216036..89444c9c3c 100644
--- a/qmake/Makefile.win32
+++ b/qmake/Makefile.win32
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ SOURCE_PATH = ..
 BUILD_PATH = ..
 !endif
 
+QMKSRC = $(SOURCE_PATH)\qmake
+
 #
 # specific stuff for NMake and ICC
 #
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ CFLAGS_EXTRA      = /MP
 CFLAGS_BARE = -c -Fo./ \
               -W3 -nologo -O1 \
               $(CFLAGS_EXTRA) \
-              -I. -Igenerators -Igenerators\unix -Igenerators\win32 -Igenerators\mac -Igenerators\integrity \
+              -I$(QMKSRC) -I$(QMKSRC)\generators -I$(QMKSRC)\generators\unix -I$(QMKSRC)\generators\win32 -I$(QMKSRC)\generators\mac -I$(QMKSRC)\generators\integrity \
               -I$(BUILD_PATH)\include -I$(BUILD_PATH)\include\QtCore -I$(BUILD_PATH)\include\QtCore\$(QT_VERSION) -I$(BUILD_PATH)\include\QtCore\$(QT_VERSION)\QtCore \
               -I$(BUILD_PATH)\src\corelib\global \
               -I$(SOURCE_PATH)\mkspecs\$(QMAKESPEC)  \
diff --git a/qmake/Makefile.win32-g++ b/qmake/Makefile.win32-g++
index 57e6c1aa4e..95108b351b 100644
--- a/qmake/Makefile.win32-g++
+++ b/qmake/Makefile.win32-g++
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ endif
 #
 CXX	    =	g++
 CFLAGS	    =	-c -o$@ -O \
-		-I. -Igenerators -Igenerators/unix \
-		-Igenerators/win32 -Igenerators/mac \
-		-Igenerators/integrity \
+		-I$(QMKSRC) -I$(QMKSRC)/generators -I$(QMKSRC)/generators/unix -I$(QMKSRC)/generators/win32 -I$(QMKSRC)/generators/mac -I$(QMKSRC)/generators/integrity \
 		-I$(BUILD_PATH)/include -I$(BUILD_PATH)/include/QtCore -I$(BUILD_PATH)/include/QtCore/$(QT_VERSION) -I$(BUILD_PATH)/include/QtCore/$(QT_VERSION)/QtCore \
 		-I$(BUILD_PATH)/src/corelib/global \
 		-I$(SOURCE_PATH)/mkspecs/win32-g++  \
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ qmake.exe: $(OBJS) $(QTOBJS)
 	$(LINKQMAKE)
 	-$(COPY) qmake.exe $(BUILD_PATH)\bin\qmake.exe
 
-Makefile: Makefile.win32-g++
+Makefile: $(SOURCE_PATH)/qmake/Makefile.win32-g++
 	@echo "Out of date, please rerun configure"
 
 clean::
diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index dea7415d43..62ec3e8d8c 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -142,46 +142,6 @@ Configure::Configure(int& argc, char** argv)
         cout << "Preparing build tree..." << endl;
         QDir(buildPath).mkpath("bin");
 
-        { //duplicate qmake
-            QStack<QString> qmake_dirs;
-            qmake_dirs.push("qmake");
-            while (!qmake_dirs.isEmpty()) {
-                QString dir = qmake_dirs.pop();
-                QString od(buildPath + "/" + dir);
-                QString id(sourcePath + "/" + dir);
-                QFileInfoList entries = QDir(id).entryInfoList(QDir::NoDotAndDotDot|QDir::AllEntries);
-                for (int i = 0; i < entries.size(); ++i) {
-                    QFileInfo fi(entries.at(i));
-                    if (fi.isDir()) {
-                        qmake_dirs.push(dir + "/" + fi.fileName());
-                        QDir().mkpath(od + "/" + fi.fileName());
-                    } else {
-                        QDir().mkpath(od);
-                        bool justCopy = true;
-                        const QString fname = fi.fileName();
-                        const QString outFile(od + "/" + fname), inFile(id + "/" + fname);
-                        if (fi.fileName() == "Makefile") { //ignore
-                        } else if (fi.suffix() == "h" || fi.suffix() == "cpp") {
-                            QTemporaryFile tmpFile;
-                            if (tmpFile.open()) {
-                                QTextStream stream(&tmpFile);
-                                stream << "#include \"" << inFile << "\"" << endl;
-                                justCopy = false;
-                                stream.flush();
-                                tmpFile.flush();
-                                if (filesDiffer(tmpFile.fileName(), outFile)) {
-                                    QFile::remove(outFile);
-                                    tmpFile.copy(outFile);
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                        if (justCopy && filesDiffer(inFile, outFile))
-                            QFile::copy(inFile, outFile);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         { //make a syncqt script(s) that can be used in the shadow
             QFile syncqt(buildPath + "/bin/syncqt");
             if (syncqt.open(QFile::WriteOnly)) {
@@ -3145,7 +3105,16 @@ void Configure::buildQmake()
 
         // Build qmake
         QString pwd = QDir::currentPath();
-        QDir::setCurrent(buildPath + "/qmake");
+        if (!QDir(buildPath).mkpath("qmake")) {
+            cout << "Cannot create qmake build dir." << endl;
+            dictionary[ "DONE" ] = "error";
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!QDir::setCurrent(buildPath + "/qmake")) {
+            cout << "Cannot enter qmake build dir." << endl;
+            dictionary[ "DONE" ] = "error";
+            return;
+        }
 
         QString makefile = "Makefile";
         {