diff --git a/src/tools/codemodelbackend/codemodelbackend.pri b/src/tools/codemodelbackend/codemodelbackend.pri
index e39f22c71aa..a96fc7a4733 100644
--- a/src/tools/codemodelbackend/codemodelbackend.pri
+++ b/src/tools/codemodelbackend/codemodelbackend.pri
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-QT       += core network
-QT       -= gui
+QTC_LIB_DEPENDS += \
+    sqlite \
+    codemodelbackendipc
+
+QT += core network
+QT -= gui
 
 TARGET = codemodelbackend
-CONFIG   += console
-CONFIG   -= app_bundle C++-14
+CONFIG += console
+CONFIG -= app_bundle C++-14
 
 TEMPLATE = app
 
@@ -12,12 +16,8 @@ include(../../../qtcreator.pri)
 include(../../shared/clang/clang_installation.pri)
 include(../../rpath.pri)
 
-LIBS += -L$$OUT_PWD/../codemodelbackendipc/lib/qtcreator -lCodemodelbackendipc -lSqlite
 LIBS += $$LLVM_LIBS
 INCLUDEPATH += $$LLVM_INCLUDEPATH
 
-INCLUDEPATH *= $$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/libs/codemodelbackendipc
-INCLUDEPATH *= $$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/libs/sqlite
-
 SOURCES += codemodelbackendmain.cpp