diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
index 39c7a1b5446..937aa04087a 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,33 +66,7 @@ add_qtc_library(sdktoolLib
     rmqtoperation.cpp rmqtoperation.h
     rmtoolchainoperation.cpp rmtoolchainoperation.h
     settings.cpp settings.h
-)
-
-extend_qtc_library(sdktoolLib
-  SOURCES_PREFIX "${UtilsSourcesDir}"
-  PUBLIC_DEFINES UTILS_STATIC_LIBRARY
-  SOURCES
-    commandline.cpp commandline.h
-    devicefileaccess.cpp devicefileaccess.h
-    environment.cpp environment.h
-    filepath.cpp filepath.h
-    fileutils.cpp fileutils.h
-    hostosinfo.cpp hostosinfo.h
-    macroexpander.cpp macroexpander.h
-    namevaluedictionary.cpp namevaluedictionary.h
-    namevalueitem.cpp namevalueitem.h
-    persistentsettings.cpp persistentsettings.h
-    qtcassert.cpp qtcassert.h
-    savefile.cpp savefile.h
-    stringutils.cpp stringutils.h
-)
-
-extend_qtc_library(sdktoolLib CONDITION APPLE
-  SOURCES_PREFIX "${UtilsSourcesDir}"
-  SOURCES
-    fileutils_mac.mm fileutils_mac.h
-  PUBLIC_DEPENDS
-    ${FWFoundation}
+    sdkpersistentsettings.cpp sdkpersistentsettings.h
 )
 
 if (MSVC)
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/addcmakeoperation.cpp b/src/tools/sdktool/addcmakeoperation.cpp
index 751db965e82..f97fcef2a68 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/addcmakeoperation.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/addcmakeoperation.cpp
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@
 #include "addcmakeoperation.h"
 
 #include "addkeysoperation.h"
-#include "findkeyoperation.h"
 #include "findvalueoperation.h"
 #include "getoperation.h"
 #include "rmkeysoperation.h"
 
-#include "settings.h"
-
 #ifdef WITH_TESTS
 #include <QTest>
 #endif
@@ -205,7 +202,7 @@ QVariantMap AddCMakeData::addCMake(const QVariantMap &map) const
     data << KeyValuePair({cm, ID_KEY}, QVariant(m_id));
     data << KeyValuePair({cm, DISPLAYNAME_KEY}, QVariant(m_displayName));
     data << KeyValuePair({cm, AUTODETECTED_KEY}, QVariant(true));
-    data << KeyValuePair({cm, PATH_KEY}, Utils::FilePath::fromUserInput(m_path).toVariant());
+    data << KeyValuePair({cm, PATH_KEY}, QVariant(m_path));
     KeyValuePairList extraList;
     for (const KeyValuePair &pair : std::as_const(m_extra))
         extraList << KeyValuePair(QStringList({cm}) << pair.key, pair.value);
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/adddebuggeroperation.cpp b/src/tools/sdktool/adddebuggeroperation.cpp
index c11b20ec81d..69de58be05e 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/adddebuggeroperation.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/adddebuggeroperation.cpp
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ QVariantMap AddDebuggerData::addDebugger(const QVariantMap &map) const
 
     data << KeyValuePair(QStringList() << debugger << QLatin1String(ABIS), QVariant(m_abis));
     data << KeyValuePair(QStringList() << debugger << QLatin1String(ENGINE_TYPE), QVariant(m_engine));
-    data << KeyValuePair(QStringList() << debugger << QLatin1String(BINARY),
-                         Utils::FilePath::fromUserInput(m_binary).toSettings());
+    data << KeyValuePair(QStringList() << debugger << QLatin1String(BINARY), QVariant(m_binary));
 
     data << KeyValuePair(QStringList() << QLatin1String(COUNT), QVariant(count + 1));
 
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/addkitoperation.cpp b/src/tools/sdktool/addkitoperation.cpp
index 14569ba8398..6ed2feea365 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/addkitoperation.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/addkitoperation.cpp
@@ -685,8 +685,7 @@ QVariantMap AddKitData::addKit(const QVariantMap &map,
     if (!m_buildDevice.isNull())
         data << KeyValuePair({kit, DATA, BUILDDEVICE_ID}, QVariant(m_buildDevice));
     if (!m_sysRoot.isNull())
-        data << KeyValuePair({kit, DATA, SYSROOT},
-                             Utils::FilePath::fromUserInput(m_sysRoot).toSettings());
+        data << KeyValuePair({kit, DATA, SYSROOT}, QVariant(QDir::cleanPath(m_sysRoot)));
     for (auto i = m_tcs.constBegin(); i != m_tcs.constEnd(); ++i)
         data << KeyValuePair({kit, DATA, TOOLCHAIN, i.key()}, QVariant(i.value()));
     if (!qtId.isNull())
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/addqtoperation.cpp b/src/tools/sdktool/addqtoperation.cpp
index 875e59d9143..69117eb53a0 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/addqtoperation.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/addqtoperation.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 #include "settings.h"
 
-#include <utils/filepath.h>
-
 #ifdef WITH_TESTS
 #include <QTest>
 #endif
@@ -22,8 +20,6 @@
 
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(log, "qtc.sdktool.operations.addqt", QtWarningMsg)
 
-using namespace Utils;
-
 // Qt version file stuff:
 const char PREFIX[] = "QtVersion.";
 const char VERSION[] = "Version";
@@ -282,7 +278,7 @@ QVariantMap AddQtData::addQt(const QVariantMap &map) const
     const QString qt = QString::fromLatin1(PREFIX) + QString::number(versionCount);
 
     // Sanitize qmake path:
-    FilePath saneQmake = FilePath::fromUserInput(m_qmake).cleanPath();
+    QString saneQmake = QDir::cleanPath(m_qmake);
 
     // insert data:
     KeyValuePairList data;
@@ -291,7 +287,7 @@ QVariantMap AddQtData::addQt(const QVariantMap &map) const
     data << KeyValuePair(QStringList() << qt << QLatin1String(AUTODETECTED), QVariant(true));
     data << KeyValuePair(QStringList() << qt << QLatin1String(AUTODETECTION_SOURCE), QVariant(sdkId));
 
-    data << KeyValuePair(QStringList() << qt << QLatin1String(QMAKE), saneQmake.toSettings());
+    data << KeyValuePair(QStringList() << qt << QLatin1String(QMAKE), QVariant(saneQmake));
     data << KeyValuePair(QStringList() << qt << QLatin1String(TYPE), QVariant(m_type));
     data << KeyValuePair(QStringList() << qt << ABIS, QVariant(m_abis));
 
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/addtoolchainoperation.cpp b/src/tools/sdktool/addtoolchainoperation.cpp
index 1290711e566..74f4965cf87 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/addtoolchainoperation.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/addtoolchainoperation.cpp
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@
 #include "addtoolchainoperation.h"
 
 #include "addkeysoperation.h"
-#include "findkeyoperation.h"
 #include "findvalueoperation.h"
 #include "getoperation.h"
 #include "rmkeysoperation.h"
 
-#include "settings.h"
-
 #include <iostream>
 
 #ifdef WITH_TESTS
@@ -283,7 +280,7 @@ QVariantMap AddToolChainData::addToolChain(const QVariantMap &map) const
     data << KeyValuePair({tc, LANGUAGE_KEY_V2}, QVariant(newLang));
     data << KeyValuePair({tc, DISPLAYNAME}, QVariant(m_displayName));
     data << KeyValuePair({tc, AUTODETECTED}, QVariant(true));
-    data << KeyValuePair({tc, PATH}, Utils::FilePath::fromUserInput(m_path).toSettings());
+    data << KeyValuePair({tc, PATH}, QVariant(m_path));
     data << KeyValuePair({tc, TARGET_ABI}, QVariant(m_targetAbi));
     QVariantList abis;
     const QStringList abiStrings = m_supportedAbis.split(',');
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/main.cpp b/src/tools/sdktool/main.cpp
index 4f28b64b9e5..f53cd306a1c 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/main.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QDir>
 #include <QLibraryInfo>
 #include <QStringList>
 
@@ -60,10 +61,7 @@ void printHelp(const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Operation>> &operations)
     std::cout << "    --sdkpath=PATH|-s PATH   Set the path to the SDK files" << std::endl << std::endl;
 
     std::cout << "Default sdkpath is \""
-              << qPrintable(QDir::cleanPath(
-                     Utils::FilePath::fromString(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath())
-                         .pathAppended(DATA_PATH)
-                         .toUserOutput()))
+              << qPrintable(QDir::cleanPath(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + '/' + DATA_PATH))
               << "\"" << std::endl
               << std::endl;
 
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ int parseArguments(const QStringList &args, Settings *s,
 
             // sdkpath
             if (current.startsWith(QLatin1String("--sdkpath="))) {
-                s->sdkPath = Utils::FilePath::fromString(current.mid(10));
+                s->sdkPath = current.mid(10);
                 continue;
             }
             if (current == QLatin1String("-s")) {
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ int parseArguments(const QStringList &args, Settings *s,
                     printHelp(operations);
                     return 1;
                 }
-                s->sdkPath = Utils::FilePath::fromString(next);
+                s->sdkPath = next;
                 ++i; // skip next;
                 continue;
             }
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/operation.cpp b/src/tools/sdktool/operation.cpp
index ed673b9b780..7a81c3c7adf 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/operation.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/operation.cpp
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 #include "operation.h"
 
 #include "settings.h"
-
-#include <utils/persistentsettings.h>
+#include "sdkpersistentsettings.h"
 
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
@@ -65,9 +64,9 @@ QVariantMap Operation::load(const QString &file)
     QVariantMap map;
 
     // Read values from original file:
-    Utils::FilePath path = Settings::instance()->getPath(file);
-    if (path.exists()) {
-        Utils::PersistentSettingsReader reader;
+    QString path = Settings::instance()->getPath(file);
+    if (QFileInfo::exists(path)) {
+        SdkPersistentSettingsReader reader;
         if (!reader.load(path))
             return QVariantMap();
         map = reader.restoreValues();
@@ -78,32 +77,32 @@ QVariantMap Operation::load(const QString &file)
 
 bool Operation::save(const QVariantMap &map, const QString &file) const
 {
-    Utils::FilePath path = Settings::instance()->getPath(file);
+    QString path = Settings::instance()->getPath(file);
 
     if (path.isEmpty()) {
         std::cerr << "Error: No path found for " << qPrintable(file) << "." << std::endl;
         return false;
     }
 
-    Utils::FilePath dirName = path.parentDir();
-    QDir dir(dirName.toString());
+    QString dirName = QDir::cleanPath(path + "/..");
+    QDir dir(dirName);
     if (!dir.exists() && !dir.mkpath(QLatin1String("."))) {
-        std::cerr << "Error: Could not create directory " << qPrintable(dirName.toString())
+        std::cerr << "Error: Could not create directory " << qPrintable(dirName)
                   << "." << std::endl;
         return false;
     }
 
-    Utils::PersistentSettingsWriter writer(path, QLatin1String("QtCreator")
+    SdkPersistentSettingsWriter writer(path, QLatin1String("QtCreator")
                                            + file[0].toUpper() + file.mid(1));
     QString errorMessage;
     if (!writer.save(map, &errorMessage)) {
-        std::cerr << "Error: Could not save settings " << qPrintable(path.toString())
+        std::cerr << "Error: Could not save settings " << qPrintable(path)
                   << "." << std::endl;
         return false;
     }
-    if (!path.setPermissions(QFile::ReadOwner | QFile::WriteOwner
+    if (!QFile(path).setPermissions(QFile::ReadOwner | QFile::WriteOwner
                                | QFile::ReadGroup | QFile::ReadOther)) {
-        std::cerr << "Error: Could not set permissions for " << qPrintable(path.toString())
+        std::cerr << "Error: Could not set permissions for " << qPrintable(path)
                   << "." << std::endl;
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/operation.h b/src/tools/sdktool/operation.h
index 1b43eb7b441..886ed386675 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/operation.h
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/operation.h
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <utils/fileutils.h>
-
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QVariant>
 
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/sdkpersistentsettings.cpp b/src/tools/sdktool/sdkpersistentsettings.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db5ba21a34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/sdkpersistentsettings.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,870 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#include "sdkpersistentsettings.h"
+
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QDateTime>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QRect>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+#include <QStack>
+#include <QTextStream>
+#include <QXmlStreamAttributes>
+#include <QXmlStreamReader>
+#include <QXmlStreamWriter>
+#include <QTemporaryFile>
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#  include <windows.h>
+#  include <io.h>
+#else
+#  include <unistd.h>
+#  include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif
+
+
+#define QTC_ASSERT_STRINGIFY_HELPER(x) #x
+#define QTC_ASSERT_STRINGIFY(x) QTC_ASSERT_STRINGIFY_HELPER(x)
+#define QTC_ASSERT_STRING(cond) writeAssertLocation(\
+    "\"" cond"\" in " __FILE__ ":" QTC_ASSERT_STRINGIFY(__LINE__))
+
+// The 'do {...} while (0)' idiom is not used for the main block here to be
+// able to use 'break' and 'continue' as 'actions'.
+
+#define QTC_ASSERT(cond, action) if (Q_LIKELY(cond)) {} else { QTC_ASSERT_STRING(#cond); action; } do {} while (0)
+#define QTC_CHECK(cond) if (Q_LIKELY(cond)) {} else { QTC_ASSERT_STRING(#cond); } do {} while (0)
+#define QTC_GUARD(cond) ((Q_LIKELY(cond)) ? true : (QTC_ASSERT_STRING(#cond), false))
+
+void writeAssertLocation(const char *msg)
+{
+    const QByteArray time = QTime::currentTime().toString(Qt::ISODateWithMs).toLatin1();
+    static bool goBoom = qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("QTC_FATAL_ASSERTS");
+    if (goBoom)
+        qFatal("SOFT ASSERT [%s] made fatal: %s", time.data(), msg);
+    else
+        qDebug("SOFT ASSERT [%s]: %s", time.data(), msg);
+}
+
+static QFile::Permissions m_umask;
+
+class SdkSaveFile : public QFile
+{
+public:
+    explicit SdkSaveFile(const QString &filePath) : m_finalFilePath(filePath) {}
+    ~SdkSaveFile() override;
+
+    bool open(OpenMode flags = QIODevice::WriteOnly) override;
+
+    void rollback();
+    bool commit();
+
+    static void initializeUmask();
+
+private:
+    const QString m_finalFilePath;
+    std::unique_ptr<QTemporaryFile> m_tempFile;
+    bool m_finalized = true;
+};
+
+SdkSaveFile::~SdkSaveFile()
+{
+    if (!m_finalized)
+        rollback();
+}
+
+bool SdkSaveFile::open(OpenMode flags)
+{
+    if (m_finalFilePath.isEmpty()) {
+        qWarning("Save file path empty");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    QFile ofi(m_finalFilePath);
+    // Check whether the existing file is writable
+    if (ofi.exists() && !ofi.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite)) {
+        setErrorString(ofi.errorString());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    m_tempFile = std::make_unique<QTemporaryFile>(m_finalFilePath);
+    m_tempFile->setAutoRemove(false);
+    if (!m_tempFile->open())
+        return false;
+    setFileName(m_tempFile->fileName());
+
+    if (!QFile::open(flags))
+        return false;
+
+    m_finalized = false; // needs clean up in the end
+    if (ofi.exists()) {
+        setPermissions(ofi.permissions()); // Ignore errors
+    } else {
+        Permissions permAll = QFile::ReadOwner
+                | QFile::ReadGroup
+                | QFile::ReadOther
+                | QFile::WriteOwner
+                | QFile::WriteGroup
+                | QFile::WriteOther;
+
+        // set permissions with respect to the current umask
+        setPermissions(permAll & ~m_umask);
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void SdkSaveFile::rollback()
+{
+    close();
+    if (m_tempFile)
+        m_tempFile->remove();
+    m_finalized = true;
+}
+
+static QString resolveSymlinks(QString current)
+{
+    int links = 16;
+    while (links--) {
+        const QFileInfo info(current);
+        if (!info.isSymLink())
+            return {};
+        current = info.symLinkTarget();
+    }
+    return current;
+}
+
+bool SdkSaveFile::commit()
+{
+    QTC_ASSERT(!m_finalized && m_tempFile, return false;);
+    m_finalized = true;
+
+    if (!flush()) {
+        close();
+        m_tempFile->remove();
+        return false;
+    }
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    FlushFileBuffers(reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(_get_osfhandle(handle())));
+#elif _POSIX_SYNCHRONIZED_IO > 0
+    fdatasync(handle());
+#else
+    fsync(handle());
+#endif
+    close();
+    m_tempFile->close();
+    if (error() != NoError) {
+        m_tempFile->remove();
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    QString finalFileName = resolveSymlinks(m_finalFilePath);
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    // Release the file lock
+    m_tempFile.reset();
+    bool result = ReplaceFile(finalFileName.toStdWString().data(),
+                              fileName().toStdWString().data(),
+                              nullptr, REPLACEFILE_IGNORE_MERGE_ERRORS, nullptr, nullptr);
+    if (!result) {
+        DWORD replaceErrorCode = GetLastError();
+        QString errorStr;
+        if (!QFile::exists(finalFileName)) {
+            // Replace failed because finalFileName does not exist, try rename.
+            if (!(result = rename(finalFileName)))
+                errorStr = errorString();
+        } else {
+            if (replaceErrorCode == ERROR_UNABLE_TO_REMOVE_REPLACED) {
+                // If we do not get the rights to remove the original final file we still might try
+                // to replace the file contents
+                result = MoveFileEx(fileName().toStdWString().data(),
+                                    finalFileName.toStdWString().data(),
+                                    MOVEFILE_COPY_ALLOWED
+                                    | MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING
+                                    | MOVEFILE_WRITE_THROUGH);
+                if (!result)
+                    replaceErrorCode = GetLastError();
+            }
+            if (!result) {
+                wchar_t messageBuffer[256];
+                FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+                               nullptr, replaceErrorCode,
+                               MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
+                               messageBuffer, sizeof(messageBuffer), nullptr);
+                errorStr = QString::fromWCharArray(messageBuffer);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!result) {
+            remove();
+            setErrorString(errorStr);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+#else
+    const QString backupName = finalFileName + '~';
+
+    // Back up current file.
+    // If it's opened by another application, the lock follows the move.
+    if (QFile::exists(finalFileName)) {
+        // Kill old backup. Might be useful if creator crashed before removing backup.
+        QFile::remove(backupName);
+        QFile finalFile(finalFileName);
+        if (!finalFile.rename(backupName)) {
+            m_tempFile->remove();
+            setErrorString(finalFile.errorString());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    bool result = true;
+    if (!m_tempFile->rename(finalFileName)) {
+        // The case when someone else was able to create finalFileName after we've renamed it.
+        // Higher level call may try to save this file again but here we do nothing and
+        // return false while keeping the error string from last rename call.
+        const QString &renameError = m_tempFile->errorString();
+        m_tempFile->remove();
+        setErrorString(renameError);
+        QFile::rename(backupName, finalFileName); // rollback to backup if possible ...
+        return false; // ... or keep the backup copy at least
+    }
+
+    QFile::remove(backupName);
+
+    return result;
+#endif
+}
+
+void SdkSaveFile::initializeUmask()
+{
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    m_umask = QFile::WriteGroup | QFile::WriteOther;
+#else
+    // Get the current process' file creation mask (umask)
+    // umask() is not thread safe so this has to be done by single threaded
+    // application initialization
+    mode_t mask = umask(0); // get current umask
+    umask(mask); // set it back
+
+    m_umask = ((mask & S_IRUSR) ? QFile::ReadOwner  : QFlags<QFile::Permission>())
+            | ((mask & S_IWUSR) ? QFile::WriteOwner : QFlags<QFile::Permission>())
+            | ((mask & S_IXUSR) ? QFile::ExeOwner   : QFlags<QFile::Permission>())
+            | ((mask & S_IRGRP) ? QFile::ReadGroup  : QFlags<QFile::Permission>())
+            | ((mask & S_IWGRP) ? QFile::WriteGroup : QFlags<QFile::Permission>())
+            | ((mask & S_IXGRP) ? QFile::ExeGroup   : QFlags<QFile::Permission>())
+            | ((mask & S_IROTH) ? QFile::ReadOther  : QFlags<QFile::Permission>())
+            | ((mask & S_IWOTH) ? QFile::WriteOther : QFlags<QFile::Permission>())
+            | ((mask & S_IXOTH) ? QFile::ExeOther   : QFlags<QFile::Permission>());
+#endif
+}
+
+class SdkFileSaverBase
+{
+public:
+    SdkFileSaverBase() = default;
+    virtual ~SdkFileSaverBase() = default;
+
+    QString filePath() const { return m_filePath; }
+    bool hasError() const { return m_hasError; }
+    QString errorString() const { return m_errorString; }
+    virtual bool finalize();
+    bool finalize(QString *errStr);
+
+    bool write(const char *data, int len);
+    bool write(const QByteArray &bytes);
+    bool setResult(QTextStream *stream);
+    bool setResult(QDataStream *stream);
+    bool setResult(QXmlStreamWriter *stream);
+    bool setResult(bool ok);
+
+    QFile *file() { return m_file.get(); }
+
+protected:
+    std::unique_ptr<QFile> m_file;
+    QString m_filePath;
+    QString m_errorString;
+    bool m_hasError = false;
+};
+
+bool SdkFileSaverBase::finalize()
+{
+    m_file->close();
+    setResult(m_file->error() == QFile::NoError);
+    m_file.reset();
+    return !m_hasError;
+}
+
+bool SdkFileSaverBase::finalize(QString *errStr)
+{
+    if (finalize())
+        return true;
+    if (errStr)
+        *errStr = errorString();
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool SdkFileSaverBase::write(const char *data, int len)
+{
+    if (m_hasError)
+        return false;
+    return setResult(m_file->write(data, len) == len);
+}
+
+bool SdkFileSaverBase::write(const QByteArray &bytes)
+{
+    if (m_hasError)
+        return false;
+    return setResult(m_file->write(bytes) == bytes.count());
+}
+
+bool SdkFileSaverBase::setResult(bool ok)
+{
+    if (!ok && !m_hasError) {
+        if (!m_file->errorString().isEmpty()) {
+            m_errorString = QString("Cannot write file %1: %2")
+                                .arg(m_filePath, m_file->errorString());
+        } else {
+            m_errorString = QString("Cannot write file %1. Disk full?")
+                                .arg(m_filePath);
+        }
+        m_hasError = true;
+    }
+    return ok;
+}
+
+bool SdkFileSaverBase::setResult(QTextStream *stream)
+{
+    stream->flush();
+    return setResult(stream->status() == QTextStream::Ok);
+}
+
+bool SdkFileSaverBase::setResult(QDataStream *stream)
+{
+    return setResult(stream->status() == QDataStream::Ok);
+}
+
+bool SdkFileSaverBase::setResult(QXmlStreamWriter *stream)
+{
+    return setResult(!stream->hasError());
+}
+
+// SdkFileSaver
+
+class SdkFileSaver : public SdkFileSaverBase
+{
+public:
+    // QIODevice::WriteOnly is implicit
+    explicit SdkFileSaver(const QString &filePath, QIODevice::OpenMode mode = QIODevice::NotOpen);
+
+    bool finalize() override;
+
+private:
+    bool m_isSafe = false;
+};
+
+SdkFileSaver::SdkFileSaver(const QString &filePath, QIODevice::OpenMode mode)
+{
+    m_filePath = filePath;
+    // Workaround an assert in Qt -- and provide a useful error message, too:
+#if Q_OS_WIN
+        // Taken from: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx
+        static const QStringList reservedNames
+                = {"CON", "PRN", "AUX", "NUL",
+                   "COM1", "COM2", "COM3", "COM4", "COM5", "COM6", "COM7", "COM8", "COM9",
+                   "LPT1", "LPT2", "LPT3", "LPT4", "LPT5", "LPT6", "LPT7", "LPT8", "LPT9"};
+        const QString fn = QFileInfo(filePath).baseName().toUpper();
+        if (reservedNames.contains(fn)) {
+            m_errorString = QString("%1: Is a reserved filename on Windows. Cannot save.").arg(filePath);
+            m_hasError = true;
+            return;
+        }
+#endif
+
+    if (mode & (QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Append)) {
+        m_file.reset(new QFile{filePath});
+        m_isSafe = false;
+    } else {
+        m_file.reset(new SdkSaveFile(filePath));
+        m_isSafe = true;
+    }
+    if (!m_file->open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | mode)) {
+        QString err = QFileInfo::exists(filePath) ?
+                QString("Cannot overwrite file %1: %2") : QString("Cannot create file %1: %2");
+        m_errorString = err.arg(filePath, m_file->errorString());
+        m_hasError = true;
+    }
+}
+
+bool SdkFileSaver::finalize()
+{
+    if (!m_isSafe)
+        return SdkFileSaverBase::finalize();
+
+    auto sf = static_cast<SdkSaveFile *>(m_file.get());
+    if (m_hasError) {
+        if (sf->isOpen())
+            sf->rollback();
+    } else {
+        setResult(sf->commit());
+    }
+    m_file.reset();
+    return !m_hasError;
+}
+
+
+// Read and write rectangle in X11 resource syntax "12x12+4+3"
+static QString rectangleToString(const QRect &r)
+{
+    QString result;
+    QTextStream str(&result);
+    str << r.width() << 'x' << r.height();
+    if (r.x() >= 0)
+        str << '+';
+    str << r.x();
+    if (r.y() >= 0)
+        str << '+';
+    str << r.y();
+    return result;
+}
+
+static QRect stringToRectangle(const QString &v)
+{
+    static QRegularExpression pattern("^(\\d+)x(\\d+)([-+]\\d+)([-+]\\d+)$");
+    Q_ASSERT(pattern.isValid());
+    const QRegularExpressionMatch match = pattern.match(v);
+    return match.hasMatch() ?
+        QRect(QPoint(match.captured(3).toInt(), match.captured(4).toInt()),
+              QSize(match.captured(1).toInt(), match.captured(2).toInt())) :
+        QRect();
+}
+
+/*!
+    \class SdkPersistentSettingsReader
+
+    \note This is aQString based fork of Utils::PersistentSettigsReader
+
+    \brief The SdkPersistentSettingsReader class reads a QVariantMap of arbitrary,
+    nested data structures from an XML file.
+
+    Handles all string-serializable simple types and QVariantList and QVariantMap. Example:
+    \code
+<qtcreator>
+    <data>
+        <variable>ProjectExplorer.Project.ActiveTarget</variable>
+        <value type="int">0</value>
+    </data>
+    <data>
+        <variable>ProjectExplorer.Project.EditorSettings</variable>
+        <valuemap type="QVariantMap">
+            <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.AutoIndent">true</value>
+        </valuemap>
+    </data>
+    \endcode
+
+    When parsing the structure, a parse stack of ParseValueStackEntry is used for each
+    <data> element. ParseValueStackEntry is a variant/union of:
+    \list
+    \li simple value
+    \li map
+    \li list
+    \endlist
+
+    You can register string-serialize functions for custom types by registering them in the Qt Meta
+    type system. Example:
+    \code
+      QMetaType::registerConverter(&MyCustomType::toString);
+      QMetaType::registerConverter<QString, MyCustomType>(&myCustomTypeFromString);
+    \endcode
+
+    When entering a value element ( \c <value> / \c <valuelist> , \c <valuemap> ), entry is pushed
+    accordingly. When leaving the element, the QVariant-value of the entry is taken off the stack
+    and added to the stack entry below (added to list or inserted into map). The first element
+    of the stack is the value of the <data> element.
+
+    \sa SdkPersistentSettingsWriter
+*/
+
+struct Context // Basic context containing element name string constants.
+{
+    Context() {}
+    const QString qtCreatorElement = QString("qtcreator");
+    const QString dataElement = QString("data");
+    const QString variableElement = QString("variable");
+    const QString typeAttribute = QString("type");
+    const QString valueElement = QString("value");
+    const QString valueListElement = QString("valuelist");
+    const QString valueMapElement = QString("valuemap");
+    const QString keyAttribute = QString("key");
+};
+
+struct ParseValueStackEntry
+{
+    explicit ParseValueStackEntry(QVariant::Type t = QVariant::Invalid, const QString &k = QString()) : type(t), key(k) {}
+    explicit ParseValueStackEntry(const QVariant &aSimpleValue, const QString &k);
+
+    QVariant value() const;
+    void addChild(const QString &key, const QVariant &v);
+
+    QVariant::Type type;
+    QString key;
+    QVariant simpleValue;
+    QVariantList listValue;
+    QVariantMap mapValue;
+};
+
+ParseValueStackEntry::ParseValueStackEntry(const QVariant &aSimpleValue, const QString &k) :
+    type(aSimpleValue.type()), key(k), simpleValue(aSimpleValue)
+{
+    QTC_ASSERT(simpleValue.isValid(), return);
+}
+
+QVariant ParseValueStackEntry::value() const
+{
+    switch (type) {
+    case QVariant::Invalid:
+        return QVariant();
+    case QVariant::Map:
+        return QVariant(mapValue);
+    case QVariant::List:
+        return QVariant(listValue);
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+    return simpleValue;
+}
+
+void ParseValueStackEntry::addChild(const QString &key, const QVariant &v)
+{
+    switch (type) {
+    case QVariant::Map:
+        mapValue.insert(key, v);
+        break;
+    case QVariant::List:
+        listValue.push_back(v);
+        break;
+    default:
+        qWarning() << "ParseValueStackEntry::Internal error adding " << key << v << " to "
+                 << QVariant::typeToName(type) << value();
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+class ParseContext : public Context
+{
+public:
+    QVariantMap parse(const QString &file);
+
+private:
+    enum Element { QtCreatorElement, DataElement, VariableElement,
+                   SimpleValueElement, ListValueElement, MapValueElement, UnknownElement };
+
+    Element element(const QStringView &r) const;
+    static inline bool isValueElement(Element e)
+        { return e == SimpleValueElement || e == ListValueElement || e == MapValueElement; }
+    QVariant readSimpleValue(QXmlStreamReader &r, const QXmlStreamAttributes &attributes) const;
+
+    bool handleStartElement(QXmlStreamReader &r);
+    bool handleEndElement(const QStringView &name);
+
+    static QString formatWarning(const QXmlStreamReader &r, const QString &message);
+
+    QStack<ParseValueStackEntry> m_valueStack;
+    QVariantMap m_result;
+    QString m_currentVariableName;
+};
+
+static QByteArray fileContents(const QString &path)
+{
+    QFile f(path);
+    if (!f.exists())
+        return {};
+
+    if (!f.open(QFile::ReadOnly))
+        return {};
+
+    return f.readAll();
+}
+
+QVariantMap ParseContext::parse(const QString &file)
+{
+    QXmlStreamReader r(fileContents(file));
+
+    m_result.clear();
+    m_currentVariableName.clear();
+
+    while (!r.atEnd()) {
+        switch (r.readNext()) {
+        case QXmlStreamReader::StartElement:
+            if (handleStartElement(r))
+                return m_result;
+            break;
+        case QXmlStreamReader::EndElement:
+            if (handleEndElement(r.name()))
+                return m_result;
+            break;
+        case QXmlStreamReader::Invalid:
+            qWarning("Error reading %s:%d: %s", qPrintable(file),
+                     int(r.lineNumber()), qPrintable(r.errorString()));
+            return QVariantMap();
+        default:
+            break;
+        } // switch token
+    } // while (!r.atEnd())
+    return m_result;
+}
+
+bool ParseContext::handleStartElement(QXmlStreamReader &r)
+{
+    const QStringView name = r.name();
+    const Element e = element(name);
+    if (e == VariableElement) {
+        m_currentVariableName = r.readElementText();
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!ParseContext::isValueElement(e))
+        return false;
+
+    const QXmlStreamAttributes attributes = r.attributes();
+    const QString key = attributes.hasAttribute(keyAttribute) ?
+                attributes.value(keyAttribute).toString() : QString();
+    switch (e) {
+    case SimpleValueElement: {
+        // This reads away the end element, so, handle end element right here.
+        const QVariant v = readSimpleValue(r, attributes);
+        if (!v.isValid()) {
+            qWarning() << ParseContext::formatWarning(r, QString::fromLatin1("Failed to read element \"%1\".").arg(name.toString()));
+            return false;
+        }
+        m_valueStack.push_back(ParseValueStackEntry(v, key));
+        return handleEndElement(name);
+    }
+    case ListValueElement:
+        m_valueStack.push_back(ParseValueStackEntry(QVariant::List, key));
+        break;
+    case MapValueElement:
+        m_valueStack.push_back(ParseValueStackEntry(QVariant::Map, key));
+        break;
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool ParseContext::handleEndElement(const QStringView &name)
+{
+    const Element e = element(name);
+    if (ParseContext::isValueElement(e)) {
+        QTC_ASSERT(!m_valueStack.isEmpty(), return true);
+        const ParseValueStackEntry top = m_valueStack.pop();
+        if (m_valueStack.isEmpty()) { // Last element? -> Done with that variable.
+            QTC_ASSERT(!m_currentVariableName.isEmpty(), return true);
+            m_result.insert(m_currentVariableName, top.value());
+            m_currentVariableName.clear();
+            return false;
+        }
+        m_valueStack.top().addChild(top.key, top.value());
+    }
+    return e == QtCreatorElement;
+}
+
+QString ParseContext::formatWarning(const QXmlStreamReader &r, const QString &message)
+{
+    QString result = QLatin1String("Warning reading ");
+    if (const QIODevice *device = r.device())
+        if (const auto file = qobject_cast<const QFile *>(device))
+            result += QDir::toNativeSeparators(file->fileName()) + QLatin1Char(':');
+    result += QString::number(r.lineNumber());
+    result += QLatin1String(": ");
+    result += message;
+    return result;
+}
+
+ParseContext::Element ParseContext::element(const QStringView &r) const
+{
+    if (r == valueElement)
+        return SimpleValueElement;
+    if (r == valueListElement)
+        return ListValueElement;
+    if (r == valueMapElement)
+        return MapValueElement;
+    if (r == qtCreatorElement)
+        return QtCreatorElement;
+    if (r == dataElement)
+        return DataElement;
+    if (r == variableElement)
+        return VariableElement;
+    return UnknownElement;
+}
+
+QVariant ParseContext::readSimpleValue(QXmlStreamReader &r, const QXmlStreamAttributes &attributes) const
+{
+    // Simple value
+    const QStringView type = attributes.value(typeAttribute);
+    const QString text = r.readElementText();
+    if (type == QLatin1String("QChar")) { // Workaround: QTBUG-12345
+        QTC_ASSERT(text.size() == 1, return QVariant());
+        return QVariant(QChar(text.at(0)));
+    }
+    if (type == QLatin1String("QRect")) {
+        const QRect rectangle = stringToRectangle(text);
+        return rectangle.isValid() ? QVariant(rectangle) : QVariant();
+    }
+    QVariant value;
+    value.setValue(text);
+    value.convert(QMetaType::type(type.toLatin1().constData()));
+    return value;
+}
+
+// =================================== SdkPersistentSettingsReader
+
+SdkPersistentSettingsReader::SdkPersistentSettingsReader() = default;
+
+QVariant SdkPersistentSettingsReader::restoreValue(const QString &variable, const QVariant &defaultValue) const
+{
+    if (m_valueMap.contains(variable))
+        return m_valueMap.value(variable);
+    return defaultValue;
+}
+
+QVariantMap SdkPersistentSettingsReader::restoreValues() const
+{
+    return m_valueMap;
+}
+
+bool SdkPersistentSettingsReader::load(const QString &fileName)
+{
+    m_valueMap.clear();
+
+    if (QFileInfo(fileName).size() == 0) // skip empty files
+        return false;
+
+    ParseContext ctx;
+    m_valueMap = ctx.parse(fileName);
+    return true;
+}
+
+/*!
+    \class SdkPersistentSettingsWriter
+
+    \note This is a fork of Utils::PersistentSettingsWriter
+
+    \brief The SdkPersistentSettingsWriter class serializes a QVariantMap of
+    arbitrary, nested data structures to an XML file.
+    \sa SdkPersistentSettingsReader
+*/
+
+static void writeVariantValue(QXmlStreamWriter &w, const Context &ctx,
+                              const QVariant &variant, const QString &key = QString())
+{
+    switch (static_cast<int>(variant.type())) {
+    case static_cast<int>(QVariant::StringList):
+    case static_cast<int>(QVariant::List): {
+        w.writeStartElement(ctx.valueListElement);
+        w.writeAttribute(ctx.typeAttribute, QLatin1String(QVariant::typeToName(QVariant::List)));
+        if (!key.isEmpty())
+            w.writeAttribute(ctx.keyAttribute, key);
+        const QList<QVariant> list = variant.toList();
+        for (const QVariant &var : list)
+            writeVariantValue(w, ctx, var);
+        w.writeEndElement();
+        break;
+    }
+    case static_cast<int>(QVariant::Map): {
+        w.writeStartElement(ctx.valueMapElement);
+        w.writeAttribute(ctx.typeAttribute, QLatin1String(QVariant::typeToName(QVariant::Map)));
+        if (!key.isEmpty())
+            w.writeAttribute(ctx.keyAttribute, key);
+        const QVariantMap varMap = variant.toMap();
+        const QVariantMap::const_iterator cend = varMap.constEnd();
+        for (QVariantMap::const_iterator i = varMap.constBegin(); i != cend; ++i)
+            writeVariantValue(w, ctx, i.value(), i.key());
+        w.writeEndElement();
+    }
+    break;
+    case static_cast<int>(QMetaType::QObjectStar): // ignore QObjects!
+    case static_cast<int>(QMetaType::VoidStar): // ignore void pointers!
+        break;
+    default:
+        w.writeStartElement(ctx.valueElement);
+        w.writeAttribute(ctx.typeAttribute, QLatin1String(variant.typeName()));
+        if (!key.isEmpty())
+            w.writeAttribute(ctx.keyAttribute, key);
+        switch (variant.type()) {
+        case QVariant::Rect:
+            w.writeCharacters(rectangleToString(variant.toRect()));
+            break;
+        default:
+            w.writeCharacters(variant.toString());
+            break;
+        }
+        w.writeEndElement();
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+SdkPersistentSettingsWriter::SdkPersistentSettingsWriter(const QString &fileName, const QString &docType) :
+    m_fileName(fileName), m_docType(docType)
+{ }
+
+bool SdkPersistentSettingsWriter::save(const QVariantMap &data, QString *errorString) const
+{
+    if (data == m_savedData)
+        return true;
+    return write(data, errorString);
+}
+
+QString SdkPersistentSettingsWriter::fileName() const
+{ return m_fileName; }
+
+//** * @brief Set contents of file (e.g. from data read from it). */
+void SdkPersistentSettingsWriter::setContents(const QVariantMap &data)
+{
+    m_savedData = data;
+}
+
+bool SdkPersistentSettingsWriter::write(const QVariantMap &data, QString *errorString) const
+{
+    const QString parentDir = QDir::cleanPath(m_fileName + "/..");
+
+    const QFileInfo fi(parentDir);
+    if (!(fi.exists() && fi.isDir() && fi.isWritable())) {
+        bool res = QDir().mkpath(parentDir);
+        if (!res)
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    SdkFileSaver saver(m_fileName, QIODevice::Text);
+    if (!saver.hasError()) {
+        const Context ctx;
+        QXmlStreamWriter w(saver.file());
+        w.setAutoFormatting(true);
+        w.setAutoFormattingIndent(1); // Historical, used to be QDom.
+        w.writeStartDocument();
+        w.writeDTD(QLatin1String("<!DOCTYPE ") + m_docType + QLatin1Char('>'));
+        w.writeComment(QString::fromLatin1(" Written by %1 %2, %3. ").
+                       arg(QCoreApplication::applicationName(),
+                           QCoreApplication::applicationVersion(),
+                           QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString(Qt::ISODate)));
+        w.writeStartElement(ctx.qtCreatorElement);
+        const QVariantMap::const_iterator cend = data.constEnd();
+        for (QVariantMap::const_iterator it =  data.constBegin(); it != cend; ++it) {
+            w.writeStartElement(ctx.dataElement);
+            w.writeTextElement(ctx.variableElement, it.key());
+            writeVariantValue(w, ctx, it.value());
+            w.writeEndElement();
+        }
+        w.writeEndDocument();
+
+        saver.setResult(&w);
+    }
+    bool ok = saver.finalize();
+    if (ok) {
+        m_savedData = data;
+    } else if (errorString) {
+        m_savedData.clear();
+        *errorString = saver.errorString();
+    }
+
+    return ok;
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/sdkpersistentsettings.h b/src/tools/sdktool/sdkpersistentsettings.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..691cf0e08a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/sdkpersistentsettings.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QVariant>
+
+class SdkPersistentSettingsReader
+{
+public:
+    SdkPersistentSettingsReader();
+    QVariant restoreValue(const QString &variable, const QVariant &defaultValue = QVariant()) const;
+    QVariantMap restoreValues() const;
+    bool load(const QString &fileName);
+
+private:
+    QMap<QString, QVariant> m_valueMap;
+};
+
+class SdkPersistentSettingsWriter
+{
+public:
+    SdkPersistentSettingsWriter(const QString &fileName, const QString &docType);
+
+    bool save(const QVariantMap &data, QString *errorString) const;
+
+    QString fileName() const;
+
+    void setContents(const QVariantMap &data);
+
+private:
+    bool write(const QVariantMap &data, QString *errorString) const;
+
+    const QString m_fileName;
+    const QString m_docType;
+    mutable QMap<QString, QVariant> m_savedData;
+};
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/sdktoollib.qbs b/src/tools/sdktool/sdktoollib.qbs
index 60823390832..ca40590d8d1 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/sdktoollib.qbs
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/sdktoollib.qbs
@@ -85,34 +85,7 @@ QtcLibrary {
         "rmtoolchainoperation.h",
         "settings.cpp",
         "settings.h",
+        "sdkpersistentsettings.cpp",
+        "sdkpersistentsettings.h",
     ]
-
-    Group {
-        name: "Utils"
-        prefix: libsDir + "/utils/"
-        files: [
-            "commandline.cpp", "commandline.h",
-            "devicefileaccess.cpp", "devicefileaccess.h",
-            "environment.cpp", "environment.h",
-            "filepath.cpp", "filepath.h",
-            "fileutils.cpp", "fileutils.h",
-            "hostosinfo.cpp", "hostosinfo.h",
-            "macroexpander.cpp", "macroexpander.h",
-            "namevaluedictionary.cpp", "namevaluedictionary.h",
-            "namevalueitem.cpp", "namevalueitem.h",
-            "persistentsettings.cpp", "persistentsettings.h",
-            "qtcassert.cpp", "qtcassert.h",
-            "savefile.cpp", "savefile.h",
-            "stringutils.cpp"
-        ]
-    }
-    Group {
-        name: "Utils/macOS"
-        condition: qbs.targetOS.contains("macos")
-        prefix: libsDir + "/utils/"
-        files: [
-            "fileutils_mac.h",
-            "fileutils_mac.mm",
-        ]
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/settings.cpp b/src/tools/sdktool/settings.cpp
index d87df504f6e..53a1af0565f 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/settings.cpp
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
 
 #include "settings.h"
-#include "operation.h"
 
 #include <app/app_version.h>
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QDir>
 
 static Settings *m_instance = nullptr;
 
@@ -21,28 +21,28 @@ Settings::Settings()
     m_instance = this;
 
     // autodetect sdk dir:
-    sdkPath = Utils::FilePath::fromUserInput(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath())
-            .pathAppended(DATA_PATH).cleanPath()
-            .pathAppended(Core::Constants::IDE_SETTINGSVARIANT_STR)
-            .pathAppended(Core::Constants::IDE_ID);
+    sdkPath = QDir::cleanPath(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()
+        + '/' + DATA_PATH
+        + '/' + Core::Constants::IDE_SETTINGSVARIANT_STR
+        + '/' + Core::Constants::IDE_ID);
 }
 
-Utils::FilePath Settings::getPath(const QString &file)
+QString Settings::getPath(const QString &file)
 {
-    Utils::FilePath result = sdkPath;
+    QString result = sdkPath;
     const QString lowerFile = file.toLower();
     const QStringList identical = {
         "android", "cmaketools", "debuggers", "devices", "profiles", "qtversions", "toolchains", "abi"
     };
     if (lowerFile == "cmake")
-        result = result.pathAppended("cmaketools");
+        result += "/cmaketools";
     else if (lowerFile == "kits")
-        result = result.pathAppended("profiles");
+        result += "/profiles";
     else if (lowerFile == "qtversions")
-        result = result.pathAppended("qtversion");
+        result += "/qtversion";
     else if (identical.contains(lowerFile))
-        result = result.pathAppended(lowerFile);
+        result += '/' + lowerFile;
     else
-        result = result.pathAppended(file); // handle arbitrary file names not known yet
-    return result.stringAppended(".xml");
+        result += '/' + file; // handle arbitrary file names not known yet
+    return result += ".xml";
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/settings.h b/src/tools/sdktool/settings.h
index b94c2c9ad0c..3b182e1c96f 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/settings.h
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/settings.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <utils/fileutils.h>
+#include <QString>
 
 class Operation;
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ public:
     Settings();
     static Settings *instance();
 
-    Utils::FilePath getPath(const QString &file);
+    QString getPath(const QString &file);
 
-    Utils::FilePath sdkPath;
+    QString sdkPath;
     Operation *operation = nullptr;
 };