1 files changed, 19 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/tools/qmake/mkspecs/features/functions.prf b/tools/qmake/mkspecs/features/functions.prf
index ed1133037..eb421f8b5 100644
--- a/tools/qmake/mkspecs/features/functions.prf
+++ b/tools/qmake/mkspecs/features/functions.prf
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ defineTest(isPlatformSupported) {
     skipBuild("Static builds of QtWebEngine aren't supported.")
     return(false)
   }
-  !isPythonVersionSupported(): return(false)
   !isArchSupported(): return(false)
   isSanitizerEnabled():!isSanitizerSupported():!forceSanitizerBuild(): return(false)
   return(true)
@@ -101,25 +100,6 @@ defineTest(isArchSupported) {
     return(false)
 }
 
-defineTest(isPythonVersionSupported) {
-    python_error_msg = "Python version 2 (2.7.5 or later) is required to build Qt WebEngine."
-    python_version = $$system('python -c "import sys; print(sys.version_info[0:3])"')
-    python_version ~= s/[()]//g
-    python_version = $$split(python_version, ',')
-    python_major_version = $$first(python_version)
-    greaterThan(python_major_version, 2) {
-        skipBuild("Python version 3 is not supported by Chromium.")
-        skipBuild($$python_error_msg)
-        return(false)
-    }
-    python_minor_version = $$member(python_version, 1)
-    python_patch_version = $$member(python_version, 2)
-    greaterThan(python_major_version, 1): greaterThan(python_minor_version, 6): greaterThan(python_patch_version, 4): return(true)
-    skipBuild("Using Python version $${python_major_version}.$${python_minor_version}.$${python_patch_version}.")
-    skipBuild($$python_error_msg)
-    return(false)
-}
-
 defineTest(isSanitizerEnabled) {
   sanitize_address|sanitize_memory|sanitize_undefined|sanitize_thread: return(true)
   return(false)
@@ -358,6 +338,25 @@ defineTest(use?) {
     return(false)
 }
 
+# Returns the unquoted path to the python executable.
+defineReplace(pythonPath) {
+    isEmpty(QMAKE_PYTHON2) {
+        # Fallback for building QtWebEngine with Qt < 5.8
+        QMAKE_PYTHON2 = python
+    }
+    return($$QMAKE_PYTHON2)
+}
+
+# Returns the python executable for use with shell / make targets.
+defineReplace(pythonPathForShell) {
+    return($$shell_quote($$shell_path($$pythonPath())))
+}
+
+# Returns the python executable for use with $$system()
+defineReplace(pythonPathForSystem) {
+    return($$system_quote($$system_path($$pythonPath())))
+}
+
 defineReplace(ninjaPath) {
     src_3rd_party_dir = $$absolute_path("$${getChromiumSrcDir()}/../", "$$QTWEBENGINE_ROOT")
     out = $$shadowed($$absolute_path(ninja/ninja, $$src_3rd_party_dir))