diff --git a/src/plugins/accessible/quick/quick.pro b/src/plugins/accessible/quick/quick.pro
index c904867ca2c3af7172a45199335e0d35e24dafb1..eabe44848b8c2bdc6a538a7a9ade71d4fed16437 100644
--- a/src/plugins/accessible/quick/quick.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/accessible/quick/quick.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 TARGET  = qtaccessiblequick
-DESTDIR = $$QT.gui.plugins/accessible
 
 PLUGIN_TYPE = accessible
 load(qt_plugin)
diff --git a/src/plugins/accessible/shared/qaccessiblebase.pri b/src/plugins/accessible/shared/qaccessiblebase.pri
index 56a8a1c9ef19b49107b44a68564d79bd655b9666..061d15427735415e8da2fa3af6a8bdef42b96027 100644
--- a/src/plugins/accessible/shared/qaccessiblebase.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/accessible/shared/qaccessiblebase.pri
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-target.path     += $$[QT_INSTALL_PLUGINS]/accessible
-INSTALLS        += target
-
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD
 DEPENDPATH += $$PWD
 SOURCES += $$PWD/qqmlaccessible.cpp
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_ost/qmldbg_ost.pro b/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_ost/qmldbg_ost.pro
index 7f07cbeafb3b202f3df2ad65bbedbabb6a02ab95..6d486ecc2fbb5662ad95a4705ffe8495c1697f89 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_ost/qmldbg_ost.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_ost/qmldbg_ost.pro
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ QT       += qml network
 PLUGIN_TYPE = qmltooling
 load(qt_plugin)
 
-DESTDIR  = $$QT.qml.plugins/qmltooling
-
 SOURCES += \
     qmlostplugin.cpp \
     qostdevice.cpp
@@ -14,6 +12,3 @@ HEADERS += \
     qmlostplugin.h \
     qostdevice.h \
     usbostcomm.h
-
-target.path += $$[QT_INSTALL_PLUGINS]/qmltooling
-INSTALLS += target
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_qtquick2/qmldbg_qtquick2.pro b/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_qtquick2/qmldbg_qtquick2.pro
index ce74afd0ef1816150771a75e2b353ad6fb46caba..6c672c2417567b1ae30a7d65a093b38868cbcdc7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_qtquick2/qmldbg_qtquick2.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_qtquick2/qmldbg_qtquick2.pro
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ QT       += qml-private quick-private core-private gui-private v8-private
 PLUGIN_TYPE = qmltooling
 load(qt_plugin)
 
-DESTDIR  = $$QT.qml.plugins/qmltooling
-
 INCLUDEPATH *= $$PWD $$PWD/../shared
 
 SOURCES += \
@@ -26,6 +24,3 @@ HEADERS += \
     inspecttool.h
 
 OTHER_FILES += qtquick2plugin.json
-
-target.path += $$[QT_INSTALL_PLUGINS]/qmltooling
-INSTALLS += target
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_tcp/qmldbg_tcp.pro b/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_tcp/qmldbg_tcp.pro
index fb07f5be5725ef1f2b20f2760a0ad56bbcfba03f..22241a35608666eabbd29527537a4551b887930f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_tcp/qmldbg_tcp.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_tcp/qmldbg_tcp.pro
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ QT       += qml-private network v8-private core-private
 PLUGIN_TYPE = qmltooling
 load(qt_plugin)
 
-DESTDIR = $$QT.qml.plugins/qmltooling
-
 SOURCES += \
     qtcpserverconnection.cpp \
     ../shared/qpacketprotocol.cpp
@@ -17,6 +15,3 @@ HEADERS += \
 INCLUDEPATH += ../shared
 
 OTHER_FILES += qtcpserverconnection.json
-
-target.path += $$[QT_INSTALL_PLUGINS]/qmltooling
-INSTALLS += target