diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
index 06b7e144836..710ea79998b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
@@ -1604,8 +1604,7 @@ QString QtVersion::qtCorePath() const
                     && (file.startsWith(QLatin1String("libQtCore"))
                         || file.startsWith(QLatin1String("QtCore")))
                     && (file.endsWith(QLatin1String(".dll"))
-                        || file.endsWith(QString::fromLatin1(".so.") + qtVersionString())
-                        || file.endsWith(".la"))) {
+                        || file.endsWith(QString::fromLatin1(".so.") + qtVersionString()))) {
                 return info.absoluteFilePath();
             }
         }