diff --git a/tests/auto/cplusplus/cplusplus.pro b/tests/auto/cplusplus/cplusplus.pro
index c5d9930c7f1..920f93f30cd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cplusplus/cplusplus.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/cplusplus/cplusplus.pro
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ TEMPLATE = subdirs
 CONFIG += ordered
 
 SUBDIRS = \
-    shared \
     ast \
     semantic \
     lookup \
diff --git a/tests/auto/cplusplus/shared/shared.pri b/tests/auto/cplusplus/shared/shared.pri
index 2960afc9f6c..f89b4c65f01 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cplusplus/shared/shared.pri
+++ b/tests/auto/cplusplus/shared/shared.pri
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ DEFINES+=CPLUSPLUS_BUILD_STATIC_LIB
 include(../../../../qtcreator.pri)
 INCLUDEPATH += $$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/libs/cplusplus
 INCLUDEPATH += $$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/shared/cplusplus
-LIBS += -L$$OUT_PWD/../shared -lCPlusPlusTestSupport
+include($$PWD/../../../../src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus-lib.pri)
diff --git a/tests/auto/cplusplus/shared/shared.pro b/tests/auto/cplusplus/shared/shared.pro
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c7a7f9e9df..00000000000
--- a/tests/auto/cplusplus/shared/shared.pro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-TEMPLATE = lib
-TARGET = CPlusPlusTestSupport
-CONFIG += static depend_includepath
-QT = core gui
-include($$PWD/../../../../src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus-lib.pri)