diff --git a/src/assistant/assistant/assistant.pro b/src/assistant/assistant/assistant.pro
index 1ad63f0a1484036e3f96cb842a760b1a45b0715e..25e42388319b87e86f353464683ff24dde2bf0a8 100644
--- a/src/assistant/assistant/assistant.pro
+++ b/src/assistant/assistant/assistant.pro
@@ -107,13 +107,7 @@ mac {
     QMAKE_INFO_PLIST = Info_mac.plist
 }
 
-contains(QT_CONFIG, static): {
-    SQLPLUGINS = $$unique(sql-plugins)
-    contains(SQLPLUGINS, sqlite): {
-        QTPLUGIN += qsqlite
-        DEFINES += USE_STATIC_SQLITE_PLUGIN
-    }
-}
+QTPLUGIN += qsqlite
 
 target.path=$$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]
 INSTALLS += target
diff --git a/src/assistant/assistant/main.cpp b/src/assistant/assistant/main.cpp
index fabad3b519b578a265fc8c0f75af918cec94cc77..a9074fc9815a7a55a95f78296c85a28b85745578 100644
--- a/src/assistant/assistant/main.cpp
+++ b/src/assistant/assistant/main.cpp
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@
 
 QT_USE_NAMESPACE
 
-#if defined(USE_STATIC_SQLITE_PLUGIN)
-  #include <QtPlugin>
-  Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qsqlite)
-#endif
-
 namespace {
 
 void