diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
index c2a3e5804ab..cfe17d19d46 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
@@ -684,6 +684,22 @@ static void addCompileGroups(ProjectNode *targetRoot,
         if (isPchFile(buildDirectory, sourcePath) || isUnityFile(buildDirectory, sourcePath))
             node->setIsGenerated(true);
 
+        // Hide some of the QML files that we not marked as generated by the Qt QML CMake code
+        const bool buildDirQmldirOrRcc = sourcePath.isChildOf(buildDirectory)
+                                         && (sourcePath.parentDir().fileName() == ".rcc"
+                                             || sourcePath.fileName() == "qmldir");
+        const bool otherDirQmldirOrMetatypes = !sourcePath.isChildOf(buildDirectory)
+                                               && !sourcePath.isChildOf(sourceDirectory)
+                                               && (sourcePath.parentDir().fileName() == "metatypes"
+                                                   || sourcePath.fileName() == "qmldir");
+        const bool buildDirPluginCpp = sourcePath.isChildOf(buildDirectory)
+                                       && td.type.endsWith("_LIBRARY")
+                                       && sourcePath.fileName().startsWith(td.name)
+                                       && sourcePath.fileName().endsWith("Plugin.cpp");
+
+        if (buildDirQmldirOrRcc || otherDirQmldirOrMetatypes || buildDirPluginCpp)
+            node->setIsGenerated(true);
+
         const bool showSourceFolders = settings().showSourceSubFolders()
                                        && sourcesOrHeadersFolder(td.sourceGroups[si.sourceGroup]);