diff --git a/src/plugins/webassembly/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/webassembly/CMakeLists.txt
index 03c696a8db9..e1da35d88f4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/webassembly/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/webassembly/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ add_qtc_plugin(WebAssembly
   DEPENDS Qt::Core
   PLUGIN_DEPENDS Core ProjectExplorer QtSupport
   SOURCES
-    webassembly.qrc
     webassembly_global.h
     webassemblyconstants.h
     webassemblydevice.cpp webassemblydevice.h
@@ -21,3 +20,13 @@ extend_qtc_plugin(WebAssembly
     webassembly_test.cpp
     webassembly_test.h
 )
+
+qtc_add_resources(WebAssembly "images"
+  PREFIX "/webassembly"
+  BASE "."
+  FILES
+    images/webassemblydevice.png
+    images/webassemblydevice@2x.png
+    images/webassemblydevicesmall.png
+    images/webassemblydevicesmall@2x.png
+)
diff --git a/src/plugins/webassembly/webassembly.qbs b/src/plugins/webassembly/webassembly.qbs
index 46ff11ebe7e..343f0a236e5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/webassembly/webassembly.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/webassembly/webassembly.qbs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ QtcPlugin {
     Depends { name: "QtSupport" }
 
     files: [
-        "webassembly.qrc",
         "webassembly_global.h",
         "webassemblyconstants.h",
         "webassemblydevice.cpp",
@@ -37,4 +36,18 @@ QtcPlugin {
             "webassembly_test.h",
         ]
     }
+
+    Group {
+        name: "images"
+        prefix: "images/"
+        files: [
+            "webassemblydevice.png",
+            "webassemblydevice@2x.png",
+            "webassemblydevicesmall.png",
+            "webassemblydevicesmall@2x.png",
+        ]
+        fileTags: "qt.core.resource_data"
+        Qt.core.resourcePrefix: "webassembly"
+        Qt.core.resourceSourceBase: sourceDirectory
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/webassembly/webassembly.qrc b/src/plugins/webassembly/webassembly.qrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b6ac54a4be..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/webassembly/webassembly.qrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<RCC>
-    <qresource prefix="/webassembly">
-        <file>images/webassemblydevice.png</file>
-        <file>images/webassemblydevice@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/webassemblydevicesmall.png</file>
-        <file>images/webassemblydevicesmall@2x.png</file>
-    </qresource>
-</RCC>