diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4e0d6f1e07..adcc64bba2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4230,7 +4230,7 @@ fi
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Verify makespec
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-QMAKE_OUTPUT=`$outpath/bin/qmake -E -nocache -spec "$XQMAKESPEC" "QT=" $DEV_NULL 2>&1 >/dev/null`
+QMAKE_OUTPUT=`$outpath/bin/qmake -E -nocache -spec "$XQMAKESPEC" "QT=" $DEV_NULL 2>&1`
 if [ $? != "0" ]; then
     echo "Failed to process makespec for platform '$XPLATFORM'"
     if [ "$OPT_VERBOSE" = "yes" ]; then