diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7d642fc017..5b2ff1b9a6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2459,10 +2459,6 @@ if [ "$OPT_SHADOW" = "yes" ]; then
     [ "$OPT_VERBOSE" = "yes" ] && echo "Performing shadow build..."
 fi
 
-if [ "$CFG_SILENT" = "yes" ]; then
-    QMAKE_CONFIG="$QMAKE_CONFIG silent"
-fi
-
 # if the source tree is different from the build tree,
 # symlink or copy part of the sources
 if [ "$OPT_SHADOW" = "yes" ]; then
@@ -5846,6 +5842,10 @@ fi
 
 [ "$CFG_CXX11" = "yes" ] && QT_CONFIG="$QT_CONFIG c++11"
 
+if [ "$CFG_SILENT" = "yes" ]; then
+    QMAKE_CONFIG="$QMAKE_CONFIG silent"
+fi
+
 # disable accessibility
 if [ "$CFG_ACCESSIBILITY" = "no" ]; then
     QCONFIG_FLAGS="$QCONFIG_FLAGS QT_NO_ACCESSIBILITY"