diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dc2dfc3bb5..60f289ad88 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ addons:
     - libxrender-dev
 
 env:
-    - SW=$HOME/sw PATH=$SW/bin:$PATH CFLAGS=-I$SW/include LDFLAGS=-L$SW/lib LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SW/qt/lib:$SW/lib PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$SW/lib/pkgconfig
+    - SW=$HOME/sw PATH=$SW/bin:$PATH CFLAGS=-I$SW/include LDFLAGS=-L$SW/lib LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SW/qt/lib:$SW/lib PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$SW/lib/pkgconfig QMAKE=$SW/qt/bin/qmake
 
 before_install:
     - curl https://download.calibre-ebook.com/travis/sw-linux.tar.xz | tar xJ -C $HOME
diff --git a/setup/build_environment.py b/setup/build_environment.py
index b79a4e80d9..7db3ae0d7b 100644
--- a/setup/build_environment.py
+++ b/setup/build_environment.py
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ def readvar(name):
 pyqt = {x:readvar(y) for x, y in (
     ('inc', 'QT_INSTALL_HEADERS'), ('lib', 'QT_INSTALL_LIBS')
 )}
-qt = {x:readvar(y) for x, y in {'libs':'QT_INSTALL_LIBS', 'plugins':'QT_INSTALL_PLUGINS'}.iteritems()}
 qmakespec = readvar('QMAKE_SPEC') if iswindows else None
 
 pyqt['sip_bin'] = os.environ.get('SIP_BIN', 'sip')