diff --git a/src/tdeconf_update/Makefile.am b/src/tdeconf_update/Makefile.am
index f1854c84..56b1608a 100644
--- a/src/tdeconf_update/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/tdeconf_update/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -DKDE_NO_COMPAT -DTQT_NO_COMPAT $(all_includes)
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -DKDE_NO_COMPAT $(all_includes)
 
 update_DATA = kdev-gen-settings.upd 
 updatedir = $(kde_datadir)/tdeconf_update