diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 88eaf9a3fd..1c1af57451 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2776,7 +2776,6 @@ if [ -f "$relpath"/LICENSE.PREVIEW.COMMERCIAL ] && [ $COMMERCIAL_USER = "yes" ];
     # Commercial preview release
     Licensee="Preview"
     Edition="Preview"
-    QT_EDITION="QT_EDITION_DESKTOP"
     LicenseType="Technology Preview"
 elif [ $COMMERCIAL_USER = "yes" ]; then
     # one of commercial editions
@@ -2832,17 +2831,14 @@ elif [ $COMMERCIAL_USER = "yes" ]; then
         case $ProductCode in
         F)
             Edition="Universal"
-            QT_EDITION="QT_EDITION_UNIVERSAL"
             ;;
         B)
             Edition="FullFramework"
             EditionString="Full Framework"
-            QT_EDITION="QT_EDITION_DESKTOP"
             ;;
         L)
             Edition="GUIFramework"
             EditionString="GUI Framework"
-            QT_EDITION="QT_EDITION_DESKTOPLIGHT"
             ;;
         esac
         ;;
@@ -2852,12 +2848,11 @@ elif [ $COMMERCIAL_USER = "yes" ]; then
         case $ProductCode in
         B)
             Edition="Evaluation"
-            QT_EDITION="QT_EDITION_EVALUATION"
             ;;
         esac
         ;;
     esac
-    if [ -z "$LicenseType" -o -z "$Edition" -o -z "$QT_EDITION" ]; then
+    if [ -z "$LicenseType" -o -z "$Edition" ]; then
         echo
         echo "Invalid license key. Please check the license key."
         exit 1
@@ -2927,7 +2922,6 @@ elif [ $COMMERCIAL_USER = "yes" ]; then
         esac
         Licensee="$Edition"
         EditionString="$Edition"
-        QT_EDITION="QT_EDITION_DESKTOP"
     fi
 
     case "$LicenseFeatureCode" in
@@ -2981,7 +2975,6 @@ elif [ $COMMERCIAL_USER = "no" ]; then
     Licensee="Open Source"
     Edition="OpenSource"
     EditionString="Open Source"
-    QT_EDITION="QT_EDITION_OPENSOURCE"
 fi
 echo
 echo "This is the Qt ${EditionString} Edition."
@@ -4034,9 +4027,6 @@ if true; then ###[ '!' -f "$outpath/bin/qmake" ];
         echo "EXEEXT = $EXEEXT" >> "$mkfile"
         echo "RM_F = rm -f" >> "$mkfile"
         echo "RM_RF = rm -rf" >> "$mkfile"
-        if [ $QT_EDITION = "QT_EDITION_OPENSOURCE" ]; then
-            echo "EXTRA_CPPFLAGS = -DQMAKE_OPENSOURCE_EDITION" >> "$mkfile"
-        fi
 
         if [ "$BUILD_ON_MAC" = "yes" ]; then
             echo "EXTRA_CXXFLAGS += -MMD" >> "$mkfile"
@@ -6247,10 +6237,6 @@ esac
 
 cat >>"$outpath/src/corelib/global/qconfig.h.new" <<EOF
 
-/* Qt Edition */
-#ifndef QT_EDITION
-#  define QT_EDITION $QT_EDITION
-#endif
 EOF
 
 echo '/* Compile time features */' >>"$outpath/src/corelib/global/qconfig.h.new"
@@ -6505,7 +6491,6 @@ host_build {
     QMAKE_DEFAULT_LIBDIRS = `shellQuoteLines "$DEFAULT_LIBDIRS"`
     QMAKE_DEFAULT_INCDIRS = `shellQuoteLines "$DEFAULT_INCDIRS"`
 }
-QT_EDITION = $Edition
 QT_CONFIG += $QT_CONFIG
 
 #versioning
@@ -6632,10 +6617,6 @@ if [ -n "$QT_LFLAGS_TDS" ]; then
     echo "QT_LFLAGS_TDS   = $QT_LFLAGS_TDS" >> "$QTMODULE.tmp"
 fi
 
-if [ "$QT_EDITION" != "QT_EDITION_OPENSOURCE" ]; then
-    echo "DEFINES *= QT_EDITION=QT_EDITION_DESKTOP" >> "$QTMODULE.tmp"
-fi
-
 #dump in the OPENSSL_LIBS info
 if [ '!' -z "$OPENSSL_LIBS" ]; then
     echo "OPENSSL_LIBS = $OPENSSL_LIBS" >> "$QTMODULE.tmp"
diff --git a/qmake/qmake.pri b/qmake/qmake.pri
index acc9975843..73757ee086 100644
--- a/qmake/qmake.pri
+++ b/qmake/qmake.pri
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ HEADERS += project.h property.h \
            generators/integrity/gbuild.h \
            generators/win32/cesdkhandler.h
 
-contains(QT_EDITION, OpenSource) {
-   DEFINES += QMAKE_OPENSOURCE_EDITION
-}
-
 bootstrap { #Qt code
    SOURCES+= \
         qbitarray.cpp \
diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index f71d0cf9a8..fddf99d2da 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -2950,9 +2950,6 @@ void Configure::generateCachefile()
         moduleStream << "}" << endl;
         moduleStream << "QT_COORD_TYPE += " << dictionary["QREAL"] << endl;
 
-        if (dictionary["QT_EDITION"] != "QT_EDITION_OPENSOURCE")
-            moduleStream << "DEFINES        *= QT_EDITION=QT_EDITION_DESKTOP" << endl;
-
         if (dictionary["QT_XKBCOMMON"] == "no")
             moduleStream << "DEFINES += QT_NO_XKBCOMMON" << endl;
 
@@ -3296,10 +3293,6 @@ void Configure::generateQConfigPri()
             configStream << "    QMAKE_DEFAULT_INCDIRS = /usr/include /usr/local/include" << endl;
         }
         configStream << "}" << endl;
-        if (dictionary["QT_EDITION"].contains("OPENSOURCE"))
-            configStream << "QT_EDITION = " << QLatin1String("OpenSource") << endl;
-        else
-            configStream << "QT_EDITION = " << dictionary["EDITION"] << endl;
         configStream << "QT_CONFIG += " << qtConfig.join(' ') << endl;
 
         configStream << "#versioning " << endl
@@ -3398,11 +3391,6 @@ void Configure::generateConfigfiles()
         tmpStream << "#define QT_PRODUCT_LICENSEE \"" << licenseInfo[ "LICENSEE" ] << "\"" << endl;
         tmpStream << "#define QT_PRODUCT_LICENSE \"" << dictionary[ "EDITION" ] << "\"" << endl;
         tmpStream << endl;
-        tmpStream << "// Qt Edition" << endl;
-        tmpStream << "#ifndef QT_EDITION" << endl;
-        tmpStream << "#  define QT_EDITION " << dictionary["QT_EDITION"] << endl;
-        tmpStream << "#endif" << endl;
-        tmpStream << endl;
         if (dictionary["BUILDDEV"] == "yes") {
             dictionary["QMAKE_INTERNAL"] = "yes";
             tmpStream << "/* Used for example to export symbols for the certain autotests*/" << endl;
@@ -4038,9 +4026,6 @@ void Configure::buildQmake()
                 } else {
                     stream << "QMAKESPEC = " << dictionary["QMAKESPEC"] << endl;
                 }
-                if (dictionary["EDITION"] == "OpenSource" ||
-                    dictionary["QT_EDITION"].contains("OPENSOURCE"))
-                    stream << "EXTRA_CPPFLAGS = -DQMAKE_OPENSOURCE_EDITION" << endl;
 
                 stream << "\n\n";
 
@@ -4319,7 +4304,6 @@ void Configure::readLicense()
         cout << endl << "This is the " << dictionary["PLATFORM NAME"] << " Open Source Edition." << endl;
         licenseInfo["LICENSEE"] = "Open Source";
         dictionary["EDITION"] = "OpenSource";
-        dictionary["QT_EDITION"] = "QT_EDITION_OPENSOURCE";
         cout << endl;
         if (!showLicense(dictionary["LICENSE FILE"])) {
             cout << "Configuration aborted since license was not accepted";
diff --git a/tools/configure/tools.cpp b/tools/configure/tools.cpp
index e9174bf102..07c3c82a0b 100644
--- a/tools/configure/tools.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/tools.cpp
@@ -62,14 +62,12 @@ void Tools::checkLicense(QMap<QString,QString> &dictionary, QMap<QString,QString
     if (QFile::exists(tpLicense)) {
         dictionary["EDITION"] = "Preview";
         dictionary["LICENSE FILE"] = tpLicense;
-        dictionary["QT_EDITION"] = "QT_EDITION_OPENSOURCE";
         return; // No license key checking in Tech Preview
     }
     tpLicense = sourcePath + "/LICENSE.PREVIEW.COMMERCIAL";
     if (QFile::exists(tpLicense)) {
         dictionary["EDITION"] = "Preview";
         dictionary["LICENSE FILE"] = tpLicense;
-        dictionary["QT_EDITION"] = "QT_EDITION_DESKTOP";
         return; // No license key checking in Tech Preview
     }
 
@@ -127,18 +125,14 @@ void Tools::checkLicense(QMap<QString,QString> &dictionary, QMap<QString,QString
         licenseType = "Commercial";
         if (products == 'F') {
             dictionary["EDITION"] = "Universal";
-            dictionary["QT_EDITION"] = "QT_EDITION_UNIVERSAL";
         } else if (products == 'B') {
             dictionary["EDITION"] = "FullFramework";
-            dictionary["QT_EDITION"] = "QT_EDITION_DESKTOP";
         } else {
             dictionary["EDITION"] = "GUIFramework";
-            dictionary["QT_EDITION"] = "QT_EDITION_DESKTOPLIGHT";
         }
     } else if (strcmp(licenseSchema,"Z4M") == 0 || strcmp(licenseSchema,"R4M") == 0 || strcmp(licenseSchema,"Q4M") == 0) {
         if (products == 'B') {
             dictionary["EDITION"] = "Evaluation";
-            dictionary["QT_EDITION"] = "QT_EDITION_EVALUATION";
             licenseType = "Evaluation";
         }
     }
@@ -212,8 +206,7 @@ void Tools::checkLicense(QMap<QString,QString> &dictionary, QMap<QString,QString
         dictionary["DONE"] = "error";
     }
     if (licenseType.isEmpty()
-        || dictionary["EDITION"].isEmpty()
-        || dictionary["QT_EDITION"].isEmpty()) {
+        || dictionary["EDITION"].isEmpty()) {
         cout << "License file does not contain proper license key." << endl;
         dictionary["DONE"] = "error";
         return;