--- eclass/qt4.eclass	2007-07-31 16:06:06.000000000 +0200
+++ eclass/qt4.eclass	2007-08-02 11:28:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 inherit eutils multilib toolchain-funcs versionator
 
-IUSE="${IUSE} debug"
+IUSE="${IUSE}"
 
 QTPKG="x11-libs/qt-"
 QT4MAJORVERSIONS="4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0"
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 	echo >> ${LOGFILE}
 
 	# as a workaround for broken qmake, put everything into file
-	if use debug; then
+	if has debug ${IUSE} && use debug ; then
 		echo -e "$CONFIG -= release\nCONFIG += no_fixpath debug" >> ${projprofile}
 	else
 		echo -e "$CONFIG -= debug\nCONFIG += no_fixpath release" >> ${projprofile}