diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectimporter.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectimporter.cpp
index dc752f0a9f9..03cd3c6b0eb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectimporter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectimporter.cpp
@@ -284,36 +284,35 @@ static FilePath qmakeFromCMakeCache(const CMakeConfig &config)
     if (!cmakeListTxt.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
         return FilePath();
     }
-    // FIXME replace by raw string when gcc 8+ is minimum
-    cmakeListTxt.write(QByteArray(
-"cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)\n"
-"\n"
-"project(qmake-probe LANGUAGES NONE)\n"
-"\n"
-"# Bypass Qt6's usage of find_dependency, which would require compiler\n"
-"# and source code probing, which slows things unnecessarily\n"
-"file(WRITE \"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeFindDependencyMacro.cmake\"\n"
-"[=["
-"    macro(find_dependency dep)\n"
-"    endmacro()\n"
-"]=])\n"
-"set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH \"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}\")\n"
-"\n"
-"find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 COMPONENTS Core REQUIRED)\n"
-"find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} COMPONENTS Core REQUIRED)\n"
-"\n"
-"if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)\n"
-"    find_program(qmake_binary\n"
-"        NAMES qmake qmake.bat\n"
-"        PATHS \"${Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}_DIR}/../../../bin\"\n"
-"        NO_DEFAULT_PATH)\n"
-"    file(WRITE \"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/qmake-location.txt\" \"${qmake_binary}\")\n"
-"else()\n"
-"    file(GENERATE\n"
-"         OUTPUT \"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/qmake-location.txt\"\n"
-"         CONTENT \"$<TARGET_PROPERTY:Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::qmake,IMPORTED_LOCATION>\")\n"
-"endif()\n"
-));
+    cmakeListTxt.write(QByteArray(R"(
+        cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
+
+        project(qmake-probe LANGUAGES NONE)
+
+        # Bypass Qt6's usage of find_dependency, which would require compiler
+        # and source code probing, which slows things unnecessarily
+        file(WRITE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeFindDependencyMacro.cmake"
+        [=[
+            macro(find_dependency dep)
+            endmacro()
+        ]=])
+        set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
+
+        find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 COMPONENTS Core REQUIRED)
+        find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} COMPONENTS Core REQUIRED)
+
+        if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+            find_program(qmake_binary
+                NAMES qmake qmake.bat
+                PATHS "${Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}_DIR}/../../../bin"
+                NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+            file(WRITE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/qmake-location.txt" "${qmake_binary}")
+        else()
+            file(GENERATE
+                OUTPUT "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/qmake-location.txt"
+                CONTENT "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::qmake,IMPORTED_LOCATION>")
+        endif()
+    )"));
     cmakeListTxt.close();
 
     QtcProcess cmake;