diff --git a/share/qtcreator/static.pro b/share/qtcreator/static.pro
index 360fbf39cb7..66af1198f0a 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/static.pro
+++ b/share/qtcreator/static.pro
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ macx: DATA_DIRS += scripts
 
 for(data_dir, DATA_DIRS) {
     files = $$files($$PWD/$$data_dir/*, true)
-    win32:files ~= s|\\\\|/|g
     # Info.plist.in are handled below
     for(file, files):!contains(file, ".*/Info\\.plist\\.in$"):!exists($$file/*):FILES += $$file
 }
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro b/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro
index 8afeaf67493..ed8cc97062d 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro
+++ b/share/qtcreator/translations/translations.pro
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ extract.commands += \
 QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += extract
 
 plugin_sources = $$files($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/plugins/*)
-win32:plugin_sources ~= s,\\\\,/,g
 plugin_sources ~= s,^$$re_escape($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/),,g$$i_flag
 plugin_sources -= src/plugins/plugins.pro \
     src/plugins/helloworld \ # just an example
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clang_installation.pri b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clang_installation.pri
index 584e844caeb..079b00ebc1d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clang_installation.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clang_installation.pri
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 isEmpty(LLVM_INSTALL_DIR):LLVM_INSTALL_DIR=$$(LLVM_INSTALL_DIR)
-LLVM_INSTALL_DIR ~= s,\\\\,/,g
+LLVM_INSTALL_DIR = $$clean_path($$LLVM_INSTALL_DIR)
 
 DEFINES += CLANG_COMPLETION
 DEFINES += CLANG_HIGHLIGHTING