diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp
index 2e73cb90fbe..3359924d5bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ bool AndroidDeployStep::deployPackage()
         writeOutput(tr("Clean old Qt libraries"));
         runCommand(deployProc, AndroidConfigurations::instance().adbToolPath().toString(),
                    QStringList() << QLatin1String("-s") << m_deviceSerialNumber
-                   << QLatin1String("shell") << QLatin1String("rm") << QLatin1String("-r") << QLatin1String("/data/local/qt"));
+                   << QLatin1String("shell") << QLatin1String("rm") << QLatin1String("-r") << QLatin1String("/data/local/tmp/qt"));
 
         writeOutput(tr("Deploy Qt libraries. This may take some time, please wait."));
         const QString tempPath = QDir::tempPath() + QLatin1String("/android_qt_libs_") + m_packageName;
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ bool AndroidDeployStep::deployPackage()
         AndroidPackageCreationStep::stripAndroidLibs(stripFiles, target()->activeRunConfiguration()->abi().architecture());
         runCommand(deployProc, AndroidConfigurations::instance().adbToolPath().toString(),
                    QStringList() << QLatin1String("-s") << m_deviceSerialNumber
-                   << QLatin1String("push") << tempPath << QLatin1String("/data/local/qt"));
+                   << QLatin1String("push") << tempPath << QLatin1String("/data/local/tmp/qt"));
         AndroidPackageCreationStep::removeDirectory(tempPath);
         emit (resetDelopyAction());
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
index 2a9a4bb7188..ac977d052e4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void AndroidRunner::asyncStart()
 
     if (m_useLocalQtLibs) {
         extraParams += QLatin1String(" -e use_local_qt_libs true");
-        extraParams += QLatin1String(" -e libs_prefix /data/local/qt/");
+        extraParams += QLatin1String(" -e libs_prefix /data/local/tmp/qt/");
         extraParams += QLatin1String(" -e load_local_libs ") + m_localLibs;
         extraParams += QLatin1String(" -e load_local_jars ") + m_localJars;
         if (!m_localJarsInitClasses.isEmpty())