diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index d1f492b6c5f..3b02eeda2db 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -687,7 +687,8 @@ function(add_qtc_executable name)
             get_target_property(_location ${_lib} LOCATION)
             get_target_property(_is_framework ${_lib} FRAMEWORK)
             if (_is_framework)
-              set(_location ${_location}/../..)
+              # get rid of the whole Foo.framework/* part whereever it is
+              string(REGEX REPLACE "/[^/]*[.]framework/.*" "" _location ${_location})
             endif()
             get_filename_component(_abs_location ${_location} ABSOLUTE)
             list(APPEND _rpaths_to_remove "${_abs_location}")