diff --git a/src/qml/debugger/debugger.pri b/src/qml/debugger/debugger.pri
index 2545c7836d6933aeb74049ed272230eb5f25f224..77a3ba64909076cba607fc3a8bf3f1dc6d287503 100644
--- a/src/qml/debugger/debugger.pri
+++ b/src/qml/debugger/debugger.pri
@@ -34,8 +34,3 @@ HEADERS += \
     $$PWD/qqmlprofiler_p.h
 
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD
-
-!contains(DEFINES, QT_QML_NO_DEBUGGER): static {
-    DEFINES += QML_DEBUGGER_EMBED
-    include(../../plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_tcp/qmldbg_tcp.pri)
-}