diff --git a/src/plugins/glsleditor/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/glsleditor/CMakeLists.txt
index 494c27479b5..0e23e08e2fc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/glsleditor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/glsleditor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ add_qtc_plugin(GLSLEditor
     glslautocompleter.cpp glslautocompleter.h
     glslcompletionassist.cpp glslcompletionassist.h
     glsleditor.cpp glsleditor.h
-    glsleditor.qrc
     glsleditorconstants.h
     glsleditorplugin.cpp
     glsleditortr.h
     glslhighlighter.cpp glslhighlighter.h
     glslindenter.cpp glslindenter.h
 )
+
+qtc_add_resources(GLSLEditor "images"
+  PREFIX "/glsleditor"
+  BASE "."
+  FILES images/glslfile.png
+)
diff --git a/src/plugins/glsleditor/glsleditor.qbs b/src/plugins/glsleditor/glsleditor.qbs
index 9c1847cce67..5be2623ffcc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/glsleditor/glsleditor.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/glsleditor/glsleditor.qbs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ QtcPlugin {
         "glslcompletionassist.h",
         "glsleditor.cpp",
         "glsleditor.h",
-        "glsleditor.qrc",
         "glsleditorconstants.h",
         "glsleditorplugin.cpp",
         "glsleditortr.h",
@@ -28,4 +27,12 @@ QtcPlugin {
         "glslindenter.cpp",
         "glslindenter.h",
     ]
+
+    Group {
+        name: "images"
+        files: [
+            "images/glslfile.png",
+        ]
+        fileTags: "qt.core.resource_data"
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/glsleditor/glsleditor.qrc b/src/plugins/glsleditor/glsleditor.qrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 88d7aea098b..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/glsleditor/glsleditor.qrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<RCC>
-    <qresource prefix="/glsleditor">
-        <file>images/glslfile.png</file>
-    </qresource>
-</RCC>