diff --git a/Formula/qt.rb b/Formula/qt.rb
index 4e8d3cd767..76d10d3826 100644
--- a/Formula/qt.rb
+++ b/Formula/qt.rb
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ class Qt < Formula
   end
 
   def install
-    # Needed for Qt 4.8.0 due to attempting to link moc with gcc.
-    ENV['LD'] = ENV['CXX']
-
     ENV.x11
     ENV.append "CXXFLAGS", "-fvisibility=hidden"
     args = ["-prefix", prefix,
@@ -84,6 +81,9 @@ class Qt < Formula
     # shipped with Xcode 4.3+
     ENV.llvm if MacOS.clang_version.to_f <= 3.1
 
+    # Needed for Qt 4.8.0 due to attempting to link moc with gcc.
+    ENV['LD'] = ENV['CXX']
+
     system "./configure", *args
     system "make"
     ENV.j1