diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljs.pro b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljs.pro
index 5db252b2906..33773a2c0e9 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljs.pro
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljs.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 DEFINES += QMLJS_BUILD_DIR
 
-QT +=script xml
+QT +=script
+
 include(../../qtcreatorlibrary.pri)
 include(qmljs-lib.pri)
diff --git a/src/plugins/beautifier/beautifier.pro b/src/plugins/beautifier/beautifier.pro
index 1cb7463ba18..9b4b8ddcd25 100644
--- a/src/plugins/beautifier/beautifier.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/beautifier/beautifier.pro
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 include(../../qtcreatorplugin.pri)
 
-QT += xml
-
 HEADERS += \
     abstractsettings.h \
     beautifierabstracttool.h \
diff --git a/src/plugins/designer/designer.pro b/src/plugins/designer/designer.pro
index dc7743ab8dc..0a35709c9db 100644
--- a/src/plugins/designer/designer.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/designer/designer.pro
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include(../../qtcreatorplugin.pri)
 include(../../shared/designerintegrationv2/designerintegration.pri)
 include(cpp/cpp.pri)
 
-QT += printsupport designer designercomponents-private xml
+QT += printsupport designer designercomponents-private
 
 HEADERS += formeditorplugin.h \
         formeditorfactory.h \
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro
index e0c9ca9b9e5..4408de7dde5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-QT += quick script xml
+QT += quick script
 
 include(../../qtcreatorplugin.pri)
 include(customwizard/customwizard.pri)
diff --git a/src/tools/valgrindfake/valgrindfake.pro b/src/tools/valgrindfake/valgrindfake.pro
index 10f3e203b71..6de0be94eaf 100644
--- a/src/tools/valgrindfake/valgrindfake.pro
+++ b/src/tools/valgrindfake/valgrindfake.pro
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 TEMPLATE = app
 TARGET = valgrind-fake
 
-QT += network xml
+QT += network
 QT -= gui widgets
 
 macx:CONFIG -= app_bundle