I got the same error once , maybe source of your problem is different but I will write anyways.
In my *.pro file, it was like :
SOURCES += main.cpp\
mainwindow.cpp\
serialHelper.cpp \
serialHelper.cpp
HEADERS += mainwindow.h\
+= serialHelper.h \
serialHelper.h \
typeDefinitions.h
cpp and header file was repeating itself. I delete the repeating includes and problem solved for me .