diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py
index ac68b5792ef..1e1d6302f37 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qt/package.py
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ def configure(self):
                   '-thread',
                   '-shared',
                   '-release',
-                  '-fast',
-                  *self.common_config_args)
+                  '-fast')
 
     @when('@4')
     def configure(self):