diff --git a/tests/auto/cplusplus/shared/shared.pri b/tests/auto/cplusplus/shared/shared.pri
index 2dfc2bad2f9..ec17872a9fb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cplusplus/shared/shared.pri
+++ b/tests/auto/cplusplus/shared/shared.pri
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 QTC_PLUGIN_DEPENDS += cpptools
 include(../../qttest.pri)
-DEFINES+=CPLUSPLUS_BUILD_STATIC_LIB
 include($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/rpath.pri)
 
 LIBS += -L$$IDE_PLUGIN_PATH/QtProject