diff --git a/src/tools/tools.pro b/src/tools/tools.pro
index 558e8eb9ee4..07cc2c2114a 100644
--- a/src/tools/tools.pro
+++ b/src/tools/tools.pro
@@ -60,24 +60,24 @@ exists(perfparser/perfparser.pro) {
         PERFPARSER_APP_INSTALLDIR = $$QTC_PREFIX/bin
 
         # On windows we take advantage of the fixed path in eblopenbackend.c: "..\lib\elfutils\"
-        PERFPARSER_ELFUTILS_INSTALLDIR = $$QTC_PREFIX/bin
-        PERFPARSER_ELFUTILS_BACKENDS_INSTALLDIR = $$QTC_PREFIX/lib/elfutils
+        # So, in order to deploy elfutils with perfparser, set the following:
+        # PERFPARSER_ELFUTILS_INSTALLDIR = $$QTC_PREFIX/bin
+        # PERFPARSER_ELFUTILS_BACKENDS_INSTALLDIR = $$QTC_PREFIX/lib/elfutils
     } else {
         SUBDIRS += perfparser
         PERFPARSER_APP_DESTDIR = $$IDE_BUILD_TREE/libexec/qtcreator
         PERFPARSER_APP_INSTALLDIR = $$QTC_PREFIX/libexec/qtcreator
 
-        # On linux we have "$ORIGIN/../$LIB/elfutils" in eblopenbackend.c. Unfortunately $LIB can
-        # be many different things, so we target the second try where it just loads the plain file
-        # name. This also allows us to put libdw and libelf in a subdir of lib.
-        PERFPARSER_ELFUTILS_INSTALLDIR = $$QTC_PREFIX/lib/elfutils
-        PERFPARSER_ELFUTILS_BACKENDS_INSTALLDIR = $$QTC_PREFIX/lib/elfutils
+        # On linux we have "$ORIGIN/../$LIB/elfutils" in eblopenbackend.c. Unfortunately $LIB
+        # can be many different things, so we target the second try where it just loads the
+        # plain file name. This also allows us to put libdw and libelf in a subdir of lib.
+        # So, in order to deploy elfutils with perfparser, set the following:
+        # PERFPARSER_ELFUTILS_INSTALLDIR = $$QTC_PREFIX/lib/elfutils
+        # PERFPARSER_ELFUTILS_BACKENDS_INSTALLDIR = $$QTC_PREFIX/lib/elfutils
     }
 
     cache(PERFPARSER_APP_DESTDIR)
     cache(PERFPARSER_APP_INSTALLDIR)
-    cache(PERFPARSER_ELFUTILS_INSTALLDIR)
-    cache(PERFPARSER_ELFUTILS_BACKENDS_INSTALLDIR)
 }
 
 OTHER_FILES += tools.qbs