diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qrc b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qrc
index 4ce051f0d54..b66e10aeed6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qrc
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qrc
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/cppeditor">
-        <file>images/qt_cpp.png</file>
-        <file>images/qt_h.png</file>
-        <file>images/qt_c.png</file>
         <file>images/dark_qt_cpp.png</file>
         <file>images/dark_qt_h.png</file>
         <file>images/dark_qt_c.png</file>
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp
index bb60fb921a1..2ca9a96253f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp
@@ -451,13 +451,16 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::extensionsInitialized()
     d->m_cppEditorFactory.addHoverHandler(new ResourcePreviewHoverHandler);
 
     FileIconProvider::registerIconOverlayForMimeType(
-        creatorTheme()->imageFile(Theme::IconOverlayCppSource, ":/cppeditor/images/qt_cpp.png"),
+        creatorTheme()->imageFile(Theme::IconOverlayCppSource,
+                                  ProjectExplorer::Constants::FILEOVERLAY_CPP),
         Constants::CPP_SOURCE_MIMETYPE);
     FileIconProvider::registerIconOverlayForMimeType(
-        creatorTheme()->imageFile(Theme::IconOverlayCSource, ":/cppeditor/images/qt_c.png"),
+        creatorTheme()->imageFile(Theme::IconOverlayCSource,
+                                  ProjectExplorer::Constants::FILEOVERLAY_C),
         Constants::C_SOURCE_MIMETYPE);
     FileIconProvider::registerIconOverlayForMimeType(
-        creatorTheme()->imageFile(Theme::IconOverlayCppHeader, ":/cppeditor/images/qt_h.png"),
+        creatorTheme()->imageFile(Theme::IconOverlayCppHeader,
+                                  ProjectExplorer::Constants::FILEOVERLAY_H),
         Constants::CPP_HEADER_MIMETYPE);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/images/qt_c.png b/src/plugins/cppeditor/images/qt_c.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 751f2ec62f5..00000000000
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diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/images/qt_cpp.png b/src/plugins/cppeditor/images/qt_cpp.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 78e12ae3cba..00000000000
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diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/images/qt_h.png b/src/plugins/cppeditor/images/qt_h.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 47a7abe1b9c..00000000000
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