diff --git a/src/libs/utils/deviceshell.cpp b/src/libs/utils/deviceshell.cpp
index 5e43d020219..b3133a66c14 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/deviceshell.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/deviceshell.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(deviceShellLog, "qtc.utils.deviceshell", QtWarningMsg)
 
 namespace Utils {
 
-namespace {
-
 /*!
  * The multiplex script waits for input via stdin.
  *
@@ -31,125 +29,6 @@ namespace {
  * Once the process exits its exit code is send to stdout with the command-id and the type "R".
  *
  */
-const QLatin1String r_execScript = QLatin1String(R"SCRIPT(
-#!/bin/sh
-FINAL_OUT=$(mktemp -u)
-mkfifo "$FINAL_OUT"
-
-finalOutput() {
-    local fileInputBuffer
-    while read fileInputBuffer
-    do
-        if test -f "$fileInputBuffer.err"; then
-            cat $fileInputBuffer.err
-        fi
-        cat $fileInputBuffer
-        rm -f $fileInputBuffer.err $fileInputBuffer
-    done
-}
-
-finalOutput < $FINAL_OUT &
-
-readAndMark() {
-    local buffer
-    while read buffer
-    do
-        printf '%s:%s:%s\n' "$1" "$2" "$buffer"
-    done
-}
-
-base64decode()
-{
-    base64 -d 2>/dev/null
-}
-
-base64encode()
-{
-    base64 2>/dev/null
-}
-
-executeAndMark()
-{
-    PID="$1"
-    INDATA="$2"
-    shift
-    shift
-    CMD="$@"
-
-    # LogFile
-    TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
-
-    # Output Streams
-    stdoutenc=$(mktemp -u)
-    stderrenc=$(mktemp -u)
-    mkfifo "$stdoutenc" "$stderrenc"
-
-    # app output streams
-    stdoutraw=$(mktemp -u)
-    stderrraw=$(mktemp -u)
-    mkfifo "$stdoutraw" "$stderrraw"
-
-    # Cleanup
-    trap 'rm -f "$stdoutenc" "$stderrenc" "$stdoutraw" "$stderrraw"' EXIT
-
-    # Pipe all app output through base64, and then into the output streams
-    cat $stdoutraw | base64encode > "$stdoutenc" &
-    cat $stderrraw | base64encode > "$stderrenc" &
-
-    # Mark the app's output streams
-    readAndMark $PID 'O' < "$stdoutenc" >> $TMPFILE &
-    readAndMark $PID 'E' < "$stderrenc" >> $TMPFILE.err &
-
-    # Start the app ...
-    if [ -z "$INDATA" ]
-    then
-        eval $CMD 1> "$stdoutraw" 2> "$stderrraw"
-    else
-        echo $INDATA | base64decode | eval "$CMD" 1> "$stdoutraw" 2> "$stderrraw"
-    fi
-
-    exitcode=$(echo $? | base64encode)
-    wait
-    echo "$PID:R:$exitcode" >> $TMPFILE
-    echo $TMPFILE
-}
-
-execute()
-{
-    PID="$1"
-
-    if [ "$#" -lt "3" ]; then
-        TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
-        echo "$PID:R:MjU1Cg==" > $TMPFILE
-        echo $TMPFILE
-    else
-        INDATA=$(eval echo "$2")
-        shift
-        shift
-        CMD=$@
-        executeAndMark $PID "$INDATA" "$CMD"
-    fi
-}
-
-cleanup()
-{
-    kill -- -$$
-    exit 1
-}
-
-trap cleanup 1 2 3 6
-
-echo SCRIPT_INSTALLED >&2
-
-(while read -r id inData cmd; do
-    if [ "$id" = "exit" ]; then
-        exit
-    fi
-    execute $id $inData $cmd || echo "$id:R:255" &
-done) > $FINAL_OUT
-)SCRIPT");
-
-} // namespace
 
 DeviceShell::DeviceShell(bool forceFailScriptInstallation)
 : m_forceFailScriptInstallation(forceFailScriptInstallation)
@@ -381,7 +260,7 @@ bool DeviceShell::installShellScript()
     }
 
     const static QByteArray shellScriptBase64
-        = QByteArray(r_execScript.begin(), r_execScript.size()).toBase64();
+        = FilePath(":/utils/scripts/deviceshell.sh").fileContents().value().toBase64();
     const QByteArray scriptCmd = "(scriptData=$(echo " + shellScriptBase64
                                  + " | base64 -d 2>/dev/null ) && /bin/sh -c \"$scriptData\") || "
                                    "echo ERROR_INSTALL_SCRIPT >&2\n";
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/scripts/deviceshell.sh b/src/libs/utils/scripts/deviceshell.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86f096b256e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/utils/scripts/deviceshell.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0+ OR GPL-3.0 WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+FINAL_OUT=$(mktemp -u)
+mkfifo "$FINAL_OUT"
+
+finalOutput() {
+    local fileInputBuffer
+    while read fileInputBuffer
+    do
+        if test -f "$fileInputBuffer.err"; then
+            cat $fileInputBuffer.err
+        fi
+        cat $fileInputBuffer
+        rm -f $fileInputBuffer.err $fileInputBuffer
+    done
+}
+
+finalOutput < $FINAL_OUT &
+
+readAndMark() {
+    local buffer
+    while read buffer
+    do
+        printf '%s:%s:%s\n' "$1" "$2" "$buffer"
+    done
+}
+
+base64decode()
+{
+    base64 -d 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+base64encode()
+{
+    base64 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+executeAndMark()
+{
+    PID="$1"
+    INDATA="$2"
+    shift
+    shift
+    CMD="$@"
+
+    # LogFile
+    TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
+
+    # Output Streams
+    stdoutenc=$(mktemp -u)
+    stderrenc=$(mktemp -u)
+    mkfifo "$stdoutenc" "$stderrenc"
+
+    # app output streams
+    stdoutraw=$(mktemp -u)
+    stderrraw=$(mktemp -u)
+    mkfifo "$stdoutraw" "$stderrraw"
+
+    # Cleanup
+    trap 'rm -f "$stdoutenc" "$stderrenc" "$stdoutraw" "$stderrraw"' EXIT
+
+    # Pipe all app output through base64, and then into the output streams
+    cat $stdoutraw | base64encode > "$stdoutenc" &
+    cat $stderrraw | base64encode > "$stderrenc" &
+
+    # Mark the app's output streams
+    readAndMark $PID 'O' < "$stdoutenc" >> $TMPFILE &
+    readAndMark $PID 'E' < "$stderrenc" >> $TMPFILE.err &
+
+    # Start the app ...
+    if [ -z "$INDATA" ]
+    then
+        eval $CMD 1> "$stdoutraw" 2> "$stderrraw"
+    else
+        echo $INDATA | base64decode | eval "$CMD" 1> "$stdoutraw" 2> "$stderrraw"
+    fi
+
+    exitcode=$(echo $? | base64encode)
+    wait
+    echo "$PID:R:$exitcode" >> $TMPFILE
+    echo $TMPFILE
+}
+
+execute()
+{
+    PID="$1"
+
+    if [ "$#" -lt "3" ]; then
+        TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
+        echo "$PID:R:MjU1Cg==" > $TMPFILE
+        echo $TMPFILE
+    else
+        INDATA=$(eval echo "$2")
+        shift
+        shift
+        CMD=$@
+        executeAndMark $PID "$INDATA" "$CMD"
+    fi
+}
+
+cleanup()
+{
+    kill -- -$$
+    exit 1
+}
+
+trap cleanup 1 2 3 6
+
+echo SCRIPT_INSTALLED >&2
+
+(while read -r id inData cmd; do
+    if [ "$id" = "exit" ]; then
+        exit
+    fi
+    execute $id $inData $cmd || echo "$id:R:255" &
+done) > $FINAL_OUT
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/utils.qrc b/src/libs/utils/utils.qrc
index 8685c9be9f2..1f2ef64898e 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/utils.qrc
+++ b/src/libs/utils/utils.qrc
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@
         <file>images/message@2x.png</file>
         <file>images/help.png</file>
         <file alias="mimetypes/freedesktop.org.xml" compression-algorithm="best">../3rdparty/xdg/freedesktop.org.xml</file>
+        <file>scripts/deviceshell.sh</file>
     </qresource>
     <qresource prefix="/codemodel">
         <file>images/enum.png</file>