diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
index 0ccca7c8f7b..78b6202a65c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
@@ -361,6 +361,14 @@ Abi AndroidManager::androidAbi2Abi(const QString &androidAbi)
 
 bool AndroidManager::skipInstallationAndPackageSteps(const Target *target)
 {
+    // For projects using Qt 5.15 and Qt 6, the deployment settings file
+    // is generated by CMake/qmake and not Qt Creator, so if such file doesn't exist
+    // or it's been generated by Qt Creator, we can assume the project is not
+    // an android app.
+    const FilePath inputFile = AndroidQtVersion::androidDeploymentSettings(target);
+    if (!inputFile.exists() || AndroidManager::isQtCreatorGenerated(inputFile))
+        return true;
+
     const Project *p = target->project();
 
     const Core::Context cmakeCtx = Core::Context(CMakeProjectManager::Constants::CMAKE_PROJECT_ID);