diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
index c8660af96ff..84532676f99 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 
 #include <qtsupport/qtkitinformation.h>
 #include <qtsupport/qtsupportconstants.h>
+#include <qtsupport/baseqtversion.h>
+
+#include <cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectconstants.h>
 
 #include <utils/algorithm.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
@@ -253,10 +256,29 @@ FilePath AndroidManager::androidBuildDirectory(const Target *target)
     return buildDirectory(target) / Constants::ANDROID_BUILD_DIRECTORY;
 }
 
+bool AndroidManager::isQt5CmakeProject(const ProjectExplorer::Target *target)
+{
+    const QtSupport::BaseQtVersion *qt = QtSupport::QtKitAspect::qtVersion(target->kit());
+    const bool isQt5 = qt && qt->qtVersion() < QtSupport::QtVersionNumber{6, 0, 0};
+    const Core::Context cmakeCtx = Core::Context(CMakeProjectManager::Constants::CMAKE_PROJECT_ID);
+    const bool isCmakeProject = (target->project()->projectContext() == cmakeCtx);
+    return isQt5 && isCmakeProject;
+}
+
 FilePath AndroidManager::buildDirectory(const Target *target)
 {
-    if (const BuildSystem *bs = target->buildSystem())
-        return bs->buildTarget(target->activeBuildKey()).workingDirectory;
+    if (const BuildSystem *bs = target->buildSystem()) {
+        const QString buildKey = target->activeBuildKey();
+        const FilePath buildDir = bs->buildTarget(target->activeBuildKey()).workingDirectory;
+        if (isQt5CmakeProject(target)) {
+            // Return the main build dir and not the android libs dir
+            const QString libsDir = QString(Constants::ANDROID_BUILD_DIRECTORY) + "/libs";
+            Utils::FilePath parentDuildDir = buildDir.parentDir();
+            if (parentDuildDir.endsWith(libsDir) || libsDir.endsWith(libsDir + "/"))
+                return parentDuildDir.parentDir().parentDir();
+        }
+        return buildDir;
+    }
     return {};
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
index a65b51677e3..a1ac936bfaf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ public:
     static QStringList applicationAbis(const ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
     static QString archTriplet(const QString &abi);
 
+    static bool isQt5CmakeProject(const ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
+
     // TODO: remove this on 6.0 branch, kept here for binary compatibility for 5.0 release.
     static Utils::FilePath dirPath(const ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
     static Utils::FilePath androidBuildDirectory(const ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidqtversion.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidqtversion.cpp
index 24a9a235f46..3cc9b06ccd4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidqtversion.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidqtversion.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <projectexplorer/project.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/projecttree.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/buildsystem.h>
-#include <cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectconstants.h>
 
 #include <proparser/profileevaluator.h>
 
@@ -183,18 +182,15 @@ Utils::FilePath AndroidQtVersion::androidDeploymentSettings(const Target *target
     }
 
     // If unavailable, construct the name by ourselves (CMake)
-    const BaseQtVersion *qt = QtSupport::QtKitAspect::qtVersion(target->kit());
-    const bool isQt5 = qt && qt->qtVersion() < QtSupport::QtVersionNumber{6, 0, 0};
-    const Core::Context cmakeCtx = Core::Context(CMakeProjectManager::Constants::CMAKE_PROJECT_ID);
-    const bool isCmakeProject = (target->project()->projectContext() == cmakeCtx);
     const BuildSystem *bs = target->buildSystem();
     if (!bs)
         return {};
-    const BuildTargetInfo buildTarget = bs->buildTarget(buildKey);
-    return buildTarget.workingDirectory.pathAppended((isQt5 && isCmakeProject)
-                                        ? QLatin1String("android_deployment_settings.json")
-                                        : QString::fromLatin1("android-%1-deployment-settings.json")
-                                          .arg(buildTarget.displayName));
+    const QString displayName = bs->buildTarget(buildKey).displayName;
+    return AndroidManager::buildDirectory(target).pathAppended(
+                AndroidManager::isQt5CmakeProject(target)
+                ? QLatin1String("android_deployment_settings.json")
+                : QString::fromLatin1("android-%1-deployment-settings.json")
+                  .arg(displayName));
 }
 
 void AndroidQtVersion::parseMkSpec(ProFileEvaluator *evaluator) const