diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidqtversionfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidqtversionfactory.cpp
index 13c62be36b3..bf30be935ce 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidqtversionfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidqtversionfactory.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 #include <proparser/profileevaluator.h>
 
-#include <QFileInfo>
-
 namespace Android {
 namespace Internal {
 
@@ -45,9 +43,6 @@ AndroidQtVersionFactory::AndroidQtVersionFactory(QObject *parent)
 
 QtSupport::BaseQtVersion *AndroidQtVersionFactory::create(const Utils::FileName &qmakePath, ProFileEvaluator *evaluator, bool isAutoDetected, const QString &autoDetectionSource)
 {
-    QFileInfo fi = qmakePath.toFileInfo();
-    if (!fi.exists() || !fi.isExecutable() || !fi.isFile())
-        return nullptr;
     if (!evaluator->values(QLatin1String("CONFIG")).contains(QLatin1String("android"))
             && evaluator->value(QLatin1String("QMAKE_PLATFORM")) != QLatin1String("android"))
         return nullptr;
diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/iosqtversionfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/ios/iosqtversionfactory.cpp
index 14dc851dbdc..d03eee1e149 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/iosqtversionfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/iosqtversionfactory.cpp
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 #include <qtsupport/qtsupportconstants.h>
 #include <proparser/profileevaluator.h>
 
-#include <QFileInfo>
-
 namespace Ios {
 namespace Internal {
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxqtversionfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxqtversionfactory.cpp
index 96e582bf349..37b3b2098c1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxqtversionfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxqtversionfactory.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,10 @@
 #include "qnxqtversionfactory.h"
 
 #include "qnxconstants.h"
-#include "qnxutils.h"
 #include "qnxqtversion.h"
 
 #include <qtsupport/profilereader.h>
 
-#include <QFileInfo>
-
 using namespace Qnx;
 using namespace Qnx::Internal;
 
@@ -49,10 +46,6 @@ QtSupport::BaseQtVersion *QnxQtVersionFactory::create(const Utils::FileName &qma
                                                       bool isAutoDetected,
                                                       const QString &autoDetectionSource)
 {
-    QFileInfo fi = qmakePath.toFileInfo();
-    if (!fi.exists() || !fi.isExecutable() || !fi.isFile())
-        return nullptr;
-
     if (evaluator->contains(QLatin1String("QNX_CPUDIR"))) {
         return new QnxQtVersion(qmakePath, isAutoDetected, autoDetectionSource);
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/desktopqtversionfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/desktopqtversionfactory.cpp
index 4d3504083d4..324c9704f70 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/desktopqtversionfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/desktopqtversionfactory.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 #include "desktopqtversion.h"
 #include <qtsupport/qtsupportconstants.h>
 
-#include <QFileInfo>
-
 using namespace QtSupport;
 using namespace QtSupport::Internal;
 
@@ -44,8 +42,5 @@ BaseQtVersion *DesktopQtVersionFactory::create(const Utils::FileName &qmakePath,
 {
     Q_UNUSED(evaluator);
     // we are the fallback :) so we don't care what kind of qt it is
-    QFileInfo fi = qmakePath.toFileInfo();
-    if (fi.exists() && fi.isExecutable() && fi.isFile())
-        return new DesktopQtVersion(qmakePath, isAutoDetected, autoDetectionSource);
-    return nullptr;
+    return new DesktopQtVersion(qmakePath, isAutoDetected, autoDetectionSource);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtversionfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtversionfactory.cpp
index e84c9356b89..ad16aa0ebdb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtversionfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtversionfactory.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <utils/environment.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
+#include <QFileInfo>
+
 using namespace QtSupport;
 using namespace QtSupport::Internal;
 
@@ -92,6 +94,10 @@ BaseQtVersion *QtVersionFactory::createQtVersionFromQMakePath(const Utils::FileN
         return l->priority() > r->priority();
     });
 
+    QFileInfo fi = qmakePath.toFileInfo();
+    if (!fi.exists() || !fi.isExecutable() || !fi.isFile())
+        return nullptr;
+
     foreach (QtVersionFactory *factory, factories) {
         BaseQtVersion *ver = factory->create(qmakePath, &evaluator, isAutoDetected, autoDetectionSource);
         if (ver) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/embeddedlinuxqtversionfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/embeddedlinuxqtversionfactory.cpp
index 44cd8eddde9..44876f915c5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/embeddedlinuxqtversionfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/embeddedlinuxqtversionfactory.cpp
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ QtSupport::BaseQtVersion *EmbeddedLinuxQtVersionFactory::create(const Utils::Fil
 {
     Q_UNUSED(evaluator);
 
-    QFileInfo fi = qmakePath.toFileInfo();
-    if (!fi.exists() || !fi.isExecutable() || !fi.isFile())
-        return nullptr;
-
     auto version = new EmbeddedLinuxQtVersion(qmakePath, isAutoDetected, autoDetectionSource);
 
     QList<ProjectExplorer::Abi> abis = version->qtAbis();
diff --git a/src/plugins/winrt/winrtqtversionfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/winrt/winrtqtversionfactory.cpp
index 9fb10fca405..0f0adae9b90 100644
--- a/src/plugins/winrt/winrtqtversionfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/winrt/winrtqtversionfactory.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
 #include <proparser/profileevaluator.h>
 
-#include <QFileInfo>
-
 namespace WinRt {
 namespace Internal {
 
@@ -46,10 +44,6 @@ WinRtQtVersionFactory::WinRtQtVersionFactory(QObject *parent)
 QtSupport::BaseQtVersion *WinRtQtVersionFactory::create(const Utils::FileName &qmakePath,
         ProFileEvaluator *evaluator, bool isAutoDetected, const QString &autoDetectionSource)
 {
-    QFileInfo fi = qmakePath.toFileInfo();
-    if (!fi.exists() || !fi.isExecutable() || !fi.isFile())
-        return nullptr;
-
     foreach (const QString &value, evaluator->values(QLatin1String("QMAKE_PLATFORM"))) {
         if (value == QStringLiteral("winrt"))
             return new WinRtQtVersion(qmakePath, isAutoDetected, autoDetectionSource);
@@ -71,10 +65,6 @@ WinRtPhoneQtVersionFactory::WinRtPhoneQtVersionFactory(QObject *parent)
 QtSupport::BaseQtVersion *WinRtPhoneQtVersionFactory::create(const Utils::FileName &qmakePath,
         ProFileEvaluator *evaluator, bool isAutoDetected, const QString &autoDetectionSource)
 {
-    QFileInfo fi = qmakePath.toFileInfo();
-    if (!fi.exists() || !fi.isExecutable() || !fi.isFile())
-        return nullptr;
-
     foreach (const QString &value, evaluator->values(QLatin1String("QMAKE_PLATFORM"))) {
         if (value == QStringLiteral("winphone"))
             return new WinRtPhoneQtVersion(qmakePath, isAutoDetected, autoDetectionSource);