diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.cpp
index 1a2484f79b1..dc7965a7cfa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.cpp
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ void AndroidPackageCreationStep::collectFiles(QList<DeployItem> *deployList,
     }
 }
 
-void AndroidPackageCreationStep::removeManagedFilesFromPackage()
+void AndroidPackageCreationStep::removeManagedFilesFromPackage(const Utils::FileName &qtLibraryDir)
 {
     // Clean up all files managed by Qt Creator
     {
@@ -571,6 +571,12 @@ void AndroidPackageCreationStep::removeManagedFilesFromPackage()
                         && dirIt.fileName().startsWith(QLatin1String("libQt5"))
                         && dirIt.fileName().endsWith(QLatin1String(".so"));
 
+                if (isQtLibrary) {
+                    Utils::FileName qtLibraryFile = qtLibraryDir;
+                    qtLibraryFile.appendPath(dirIt.fileName());
+                    isQtLibrary = qtLibraryFile.toFileInfo().exists();
+                }
+
                 if (dirIt.filePath().contains(AndroidManager::libraryPrefix()) || isQtLibrary)
                     QFile::remove(dirIt.filePath());
             }
@@ -656,7 +662,7 @@ bool AndroidPackageCreationStep::createPackage()
             collectFiles(&deployFiles, &importsAndPlugins);
 
         // Remove files from package if they are not needed
-        removeManagedFilesFromPackage();
+        removeManagedFilesFromPackage(version->libraryPath());
 
         // Deploy files to package
         if (bundleQt) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.h b/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.h
index bc7336cd2ad..595c47a3cb3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ private:
 
     QStringList collectRelativeFilePaths(const QString &parentPath);
     void collectFiles(QList<DeployItem> *deployList, QList<DeployItem> *pluginsAndImports);
-    void removeManagedFilesFromPackage();
+    void removeManagedFilesFromPackage(const Utils::FileName &qtLibraryDir);
     void copyFilesIntoPackage(const QList<DeployItem> &deployList);
     void stripFiles(const QList<DeployItem> &deployList);