diff --git a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/CMakeLists.txt
index 638f5391349..5ff60e9a507 100644
--- a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ add_qtc_plugin(ScxmlEditor
     common/colorthemes.cpp common/colorthemes.h
     common/colorthemeview.cpp common/colorthemeview.h
     common/colortoolbutton.cpp common/colortoolbutton.h
-    common/common.qrc
     common/dragshapebutton.cpp common/dragshapebutton.h
     common/graphicsview.cpp common/graphicsview.h
     common/magnifier.cpp common/magnifier.h
@@ -92,3 +91,10 @@ add_qtc_plugin(ScxmlEditor
     scxmleditorplugin.cpp
     scxmltexteditor.cpp scxmltexteditor.h
 )
+
+file(GLOB_RECURSE images RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/common common/images/*)
+qtc_add_resources(ScxmlEditor "images"
+  PREFIX "/scxmleditor"
+  FILES_PREFIX "common"
+  FILES ${images}
+)
diff --git a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/common/common.qrc b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/common/common.qrc
deleted file mode 100644
index a8341194cfa..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/common/common.qrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-<RCC>
-    <qresource prefix="/scxmleditor">
-        <file>images/adjust_height.png</file>
-        <file>images/adjust_height@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/adjust_size.png</file>
-        <file>images/adjust_size@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/adjust_width.png</file>
-        <file>images/adjust_width@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_bottom.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_bottom@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_horizontal.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_horizontal@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_left.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_left@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_right.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_right@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_top.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_top@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_vertical.png</file>
-        <file>images/align_vertical@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/colorthemes.png</file>
-        <file>images/colorthemes@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/fill.png</file>
-        <file>images/fill@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/font_color.png</file>
-        <file>images/font_color@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/history.png</file>
-        <file>images/history@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/icon-export-canvas.png</file>
-        <file>images/icon-export-canvas@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/innerFill.png</file>
-        <file>images/innerFill@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/midRing.png</file>
-        <file>images/midRing@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/more_colors.png</file>
-        <file>images/navigator.png</file>
-        <file>images/navigator@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/navigator_fill.png</file>
-        <file>images/navigator_fill@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/outerRing.png</file>
-        <file>images/outerRing@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/parallel_icon.png</file>
-        <file>images/parallel_icon@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/state.png</file>
-        <file>images/state@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/statistics.png</file>
-        <file>images/statistics@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/theme1_fill.png</file>
-        <file>images/theme1_fill@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/theme2_fill.png</file>
-        <file>images/theme2_fill@2x.png</file>
-        <file>images/theme3_fill.png</file>
-        <file>images/theme3_fill@2x.png</file>
-    </qresource>
-</RCC>
diff --git a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditor.qbs b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditor.qbs
index cf09b83625a..fa21362c7f5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditor.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditor.qbs
@@ -63,9 +63,15 @@ QtcPlugin {
             "structure.cpp", "structure.h",
             "structuremodel.cpp", "structuremodel.h",
             "treeview.h", "treeview.cpp",
-
-            "common.qrc",
         ]
+
+        Group {
+            name: "images"
+            files: "images/*.png"
+            fileTags: "qt.core.resource_data"
+            Qt.core.resourcePrefix: "/scxmleditor"
+            Qt.core.resourceSourceBase: product.sourceDirectory + "/common"
+        }
     }
 
     Group {