diff --git a/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro b/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro
index ed8cc97062d..4892af5f7ec 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro
+++ b/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ plugin_sources -= src/plugins/plugins.pro \
     src/plugins/qtestlib \
     src/plugins/snippets \
     src/plugins/regexp
-sources = src/app src/libs $$plugin_sources src/shared share/qtcreator/qmldesigner \
+shared_sources = $$files($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/shared/*)
+shared_sources ~= s,^$$re_escape($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/),,g$$i_flag
+shared_sources -= \
+    src/shared/qbs
+sources = src/app src/libs $$plugin_sources $$shared_sources share/qtcreator/qmldesigner \
           share/qtcreator/welcomescreen share/qtcreator/welcomescreen/widgets
 
 files = $$files($$PWD/*_??.ts) $$PWD/qtcreator_untranslated.ts
diff --git a/src/src.pro b/src/src.pro
index f64dc048218..ea996ee839d 100644
--- a/src/src.pro
+++ b/src/src.pro
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ exists(shared/qbs/qbs.pro) {
     isEmpty(QBS_INSTALL_DIR):QBS_INSTALL_DIR = $$(QBS_INSTALL_DIR)
     isEmpty(QBS_INSTALL_DIR):SUBDIRS += $$QBS_DIRS
 }
-TR_EXCLUDE = $$QBS_DIRS
+TR_EXCLUDE = shared/qbs
 
 SUBDIRS += \
     libs \