diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
index 2914fc1b993..869d5e86280 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
@@ -1792,9 +1792,10 @@ void Qt4ProFileNode::applyEvaluate(EvalResult evalResult, bool async)
     QHash<QString, ProFile*> includeFilesExact;
     QSet<QString> exactSubdirs;
     ProFile *fileForCurrentProjectExact = 0;
+    QStringList subProjectsNotToDeploy;
     if (evalResult == EvalOk) {
         if (m_projectType == SubDirsTemplate) {
-            newProjectFilesExact = subDirsPaths(m_readerExact);
+            newProjectFilesExact = subDirsPaths(m_readerExact, &subProjectsNotToDeploy);
             exactSubdirs = newProjectFilesExact.toSet();
         }
         foreach (ProFile *includeFile, m_readerExact->includeFiles()) {
@@ -1968,6 +1969,7 @@ void Qt4ProFileNode::applyEvaluate(EvalResult evalResult, bool async)
         m_qt4targetInformation = targetInformation(m_readerExact);
         m_resolvedMkspecPath = m_project->proFileOption()->qmakespec;
 
+        m_subProjectsNotToDeploy = subProjectsNotToDeploy;
         setupInstallsList(m_readerExact);
         setupProjectVersion(m_readerExact);
 
@@ -2203,7 +2205,7 @@ QStringList Qt4ProFileNode::libDirectories(QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader) con
     return result;
 }
 
-QStringList Qt4ProFileNode::subDirsPaths(QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader) const
+QStringList Qt4ProFileNode::subDirsPaths(QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader, QStringList *subProjectsNotToDeploy) const
 {
     QStringList subProjectPaths;
 
@@ -2239,7 +2241,13 @@ QStringList Qt4ProFileNode::subDirsPaths(QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader) const
         }
 
         if (QFile::exists(realFile)) {
-            subProjectPaths << QDir::cleanPath(realFile);
+            realFile = QDir::cleanPath(realFile);
+            subProjectPaths << realFile;
+            if (subProjectsNotToDeploy && !subProjectsNotToDeploy->contains(realFile)
+                    && reader->values(subDirVar + QLatin1String(".CONFIG"))
+                        .contains(QLatin1String("no_default_target"))) {
+                subProjectsNotToDeploy->append(realFile);
+            }
         } else {
             m_project->proFileParseError(tr("Could not find .pro file for sub dir '%1' in '%2'")
                                          .arg(subDirVar).arg(realDir));
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.h
index 552505724d6..8327bac154f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.h
@@ -360,6 +360,10 @@ public:
 
     QStringList variableValue(const Qt4Variable var) const;
 
+    bool isSubProjectDeployable(const QString &filePath) const {
+        return !m_subProjectsNotToDeploy.contains(filePath);
+    }
+
     void updateCodeModelSupportFromBuild(const QStringList &files);
     void updateCodeModelSupportFromEditor(const QString &uiFileName, const QString &contents);
 
@@ -423,7 +427,8 @@ private:
     QString mocDirPath(QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader) const;
     QStringList includePaths(QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader) const;
     QStringList libDirectories(QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader) const;
-    QStringList subDirsPaths(QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader) const;
+    QStringList subDirsPaths(QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader, QStringList *subProjectsNotToDeploy = 0) const;
+
     TargetInformation targetInformation(QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader) const;
     void setupInstallsList(const QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader);
     void setupProjectVersion(const QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader);
@@ -435,6 +440,7 @@ private:
     QMap<QString, QDateTime> m_uitimestamps;
     TargetInformation m_qt4targetInformation;
     QString m_resolvedMkspecPath;
+    QStringList m_subProjectsNotToDeploy;
     InstallsList m_installsList;
     ProjectVersion m_projectVersion;
     friend class Qt4NodeHierarchy;
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/deploymentinfo.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/deploymentinfo.cpp
index 9ab125493fd..e599b754be3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/deploymentinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/deploymentinfo.cpp
@@ -109,8 +109,13 @@ void DeploymentInfo::createModels(const Qt4ProFileNode *proFileNode)
         foreach (const ProjectExplorer::ProjectNode * const subProject, subProjects) {
             const Qt4ProFileNode * const qt4SubProject
                 = qobject_cast<const Qt4ProFileNode *>(subProject);
-            if (qt4SubProject && !qt4SubProject->path().endsWith(QLatin1String(".pri")))
-                createModels(qt4SubProject);
+            if (!qt4SubProject)
+                continue;
+            if (qt4SubProject->path().endsWith(QLatin1String(".pri")))
+                continue;
+            if (!proFileNode->isSubProjectDeployable(subProject->path()))
+                continue;
+            createModels(qt4SubProject);
         }
     }
     default: