diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index 905918f0825..1ba02655d4a 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -392,12 +392,10 @@ function(add_qtc_plugin target_name)
   find_dependent_plugins(_DEP_PLUGINS ${_arg_PLUGIN_DEPENDS})
 
   set(_arg_DEPENDENCY_STRING "\"Dependencies\" : [\n")
-  foreach(i IN LISTS _DEP_PLUGINS)
+  foreach(i IN LISTS _arg_PLUGIN_DEPENDS)
+    get_property(_v TARGET "${i}" PROPERTY QTC_PLUGIN_VERSION)
     if (i MATCHES "^QtCreator::")
-      set(_v ${IDE_VERSION})
       string(REPLACE "QtCreator::" "" i ${i})
-    else()
-      get_property(_v TARGET "${i}" PROPERTY QTC_PLUGIN_VERSION)
     endif()
     string(TOLOWER ${i} i)
     string(APPEND _arg_DEPENDENCY_STRING
@@ -405,11 +403,9 @@ function(add_qtc_plugin target_name)
     )
   endforeach(i)
   foreach(i IN LISTS _arg_PLUGIN_RECOMMENDS)
+    get_property(_v TARGET "${i}" PROPERTY QTC_PLUGIN_VERSION)
     if (i MATCHES "^QtCreator::")
-      set(_v ${IDE_VERSION})
       string(REPLACE "QtCreator::" "" i ${i})
-    else()
-      get_property(_v TARGET "${i}" PROPERTY QTC_PLUGIN_VERSION)
     endif()
     string(TOLOWER ${i} i)
     string(APPEND _arg_DEPENDENCY_STRING