diff --git a/tests/system/shared/qtcreator.py b/tests/system/shared/qtcreator.py
index f82f3c6e09d..543c3c7ad4f 100644
--- a/tests/system/shared/qtcreator.py
+++ b/tests/system/shared/qtcreator.py
@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ def substituteMsvcPaths(settingsDir, version, targetBitness=64):
         try:
             msvcPath = os.path.join("C:\\Program Files (x86)", "Microsoft Visual Studio",
                                     version, msvcFlavor, "VC", "Tools", "MSVC")
-            msvcPath = os.path.join(msvcPath, os.listdir(msvcPath)[0], "bin", hostArch, targetArch)
+            foundVersions = os.listdir(msvcPath) # undetermined order
+            foundVersions.sort(reverse=True) # we explicitly want the latest and greatest
+            msvcPath = os.path.join(msvcPath, foundVersions[0], "bin", hostArch, targetArch)
             __substitute__(os.path.join(settingsDir, "QtProject", 'qtcreator', 'toolchains.xml'),
                            "SQUISH_MSVC%s_%d_PATH" % (version, targetBitness), msvcPath)
             return
diff --git a/tests/system/suite_debugger/tst_build_new_project/test.py b/tests/system/suite_debugger/tst_build_new_project/test.py
index 86d0c1b5f38..ca0d6f70879 100644
--- a/tests/system/suite_debugger/tst_build_new_project/test.py
+++ b/tests/system/suite_debugger/tst_build_new_project/test.py
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ def main():
     if platform.system() in ('Microsoft', 'Windows'):
         expectConfigureToFail = [ Targets.DESKTOP_5_4_1_GCC ] # gcc 4.9 does not know C++17
 
-        # Qt5.10 does not default enable C++17
-        expectBuildToFail = [ Targets.DESKTOP_5_10_1_DEFAULT ]
-
     for kit, config in availableConfigs:
         selectBuildConfig(kit, config)
         test.log("Testing build configuration: " + config)