diff --git a/src/plugins/plugins.pro b/src/plugins/plugins.pro
index 299760f7527..f66ea479776 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugins.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/plugins.pro
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ contains(QT_CONFIG, declarative) {
 
     include(../private_headers.pri)
     exists($${QT_PRIVATE_HEADERS}/QtDeclarative/private/qdeclarativecontext_p.h) {
-        # ### disabled because it contains same files as qmlviewer, so slower to use locator
-        # plugin_qmldesigner \
-        SUBDIRS += plugin_qmljsinspector
+        SUBDIRS += plugin_qmldesigner plugin_qmljsinspector
     } else {
         warning()
         warning("QmlDesigner and QmlJSInspector plugins have been disabled")