diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qtcreatorplugin/myplugin.pro b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qtcreatorplugin/myplugin.pro
index 14edfde29d8..8663c6f02c7 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qtcreatorplugin/myplugin.pro
+++ b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qtcreatorplugin/myplugin.pro
@@ -28,4 +28,20 @@ isEmpty(IDE_BUILD_TREE):IDE_BUILD_TREE=%QtCreatorBuild%
 
 PROVIDER = %VendorName%
 
+###### If the plugin can be depended upon by other plugins, this code needs to be outsourced to
+###### <dirname>_dependencies.pri, where <dirname> is the name of the directory containing the
+###### plugin's sources.
+
+QTC_PLUGIN_NAME = %PluginName%
+QTC_LIB_DEPENDS += \
+    # nothing here at this time
+
+QTC_PLUGIN_DEPENDS += \
+    coreplugin
+
+QTC_PLUGIN_RECOMMENDS += \
+    # optional plugin dependencies. nothing here at this time
+
+###### End _dependencies.pri contents ######
+
 include($$QTCREATOR_SOURCES/src/qtcreatorplugin.pri)
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qtcreatorplugin/myplugin_dependencies.pri b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qtcreatorplugin/myplugin_dependencies.pri
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b1a4fa24e8..00000000000
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qtcreatorplugin/myplugin_dependencies.pri
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-QTC_PLUGIN_NAME = %PluginName%
-QTC_LIB_DEPENDS += \
-    # nothing here at this time
-
-QTC_PLUGIN_DEPENDS += \
-    coreplugin
-
-QTC_PLUGIN_RECOMMENDS += \
-    # optional plugin dependencies. nothing here at this time
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qtcreatorplugin/wizard.xml b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qtcreatorplugin/wizard.xml
index c517eba363e..f6777c3a4f6 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qtcreatorplugin/wizard.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qtcreatorplugin/wizard.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ leave room for the Qt 4 target page.
     <displaycategory>Libraries</displaycategory>
     <files>
         <file source="myplugin.pro" target="%PluginName:l%.pro" openproject="true"/>
-        <file source="myplugin_dependencies.pri" target="%PluginName:l%_dependencies.pri" openeditor="true"/>
         <file source="MyPlugin.pluginspec.in" target="%PluginName%.pluginspec.in" openeditor="true"/>
         <file source="myplugin_global.h" target="%PluginName:l%_global.%CppHeaderSuffix%" openeditor="true"/>
         <file source="mypluginconstants.h" target="%PluginName:l%constants.%CppHeaderSuffix%" openeditor="true"/>