diff --git a/qtinterface/tqt-replace b/qtinterface/tqt-replace
index 4886e8e..3aa36a4 100755
--- a/qtinterface/tqt-replace
+++ b/qtinterface/tqt-replace
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ else
 		sed -i 's/Q_SLOTS>/slots>/g' "$1"
 		sed -i 's/Q_SIGNALS>/signals>/g' "$1"
 		sed -i 's/Q\([^ _]*\)_OBJECT_NAME_STRING/TQ\1_OBJECT_NAME_STRING/g' "$1"
+		sed -i 's/\([ \t]\)tq\([^:(_)\t ]\)/\1\2/g' "$1"
 		exit 0
 	fi
 
diff --git a/qtinterface/tqt-replace-stream.cmake b/qtinterface/tqt-replace-stream.cmake
index a436ce4..ea269d0 100755
--- a/qtinterface/tqt-replace-stream.cmake
+++ b/qtinterface/tqt-replace-stream.cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ else
 		sed 's/^TQ\([^T_]\)/Q\1/g' | \
 		sed 's/\([^_]\)TQ\([^T_]\)/\1Q\2/g' | \
 		sed 's/TQT\([^_]\)/QT\1/g' | \
-		sed 's/Q\([^ _]*\)_OBJECT_NAME_STRING/TQ\1_OBJECT_NAME_STRING/g'
+		sed 's/Q\([^ _]*\)_OBJECT_NAME_STRING/TQ\1_OBJECT_NAME_STRING/g' | \
+		sed 's/\([ \t]\)tq\([^:(_)\t ]\)/\1\2/g'
 	fi
 
 	if [[ $QT_VERSION == 4 ]]; then
diff --git a/qtinterface/tqt-replace.cmake b/qtinterface/tqt-replace.cmake
index e580894..4361a7a 100755
--- a/qtinterface/tqt-replace.cmake
+++ b/qtinterface/tqt-replace.cmake
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ else
 		sed -i 's/Q_SLOTS>/slots>/g' "$1"
 		sed -i 's/Q_SIGNALS>/signals>/g' "$1"
 		sed -i 's/Q\([^ _]*\)_OBJECT_NAME_STRING/TQ\1_OBJECT_NAME_STRING/g' "$1"
+		sed -i sed 's/\([ \t]\)tq\([^:(_)\t ]\)/\1\2/g' "$1"
 		exit 0
 	fi