diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index c0f61301111..c53b479982d 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -1119,27 +1119,3 @@ function(qtc_add_public_header header)
     COMPONENT Devel EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
   )
 endfunction()
-
-function (add_qtc_lua_plugin name)
-  cmake_parse_arguments(_arg "EXCLUDE_FROM_INSTALL" "" "SOURCES" ${ARGN})
-
-  if (${_arg_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS})
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "add_qtc_lua_plugin had unparsed arguments!")
-  endif()
-
-  qtc_copy_to_builddir(${name}
-    FILES ${_arg_SOURCES}
-    DESTINATION ${IDE_PLUGIN_PATH}
-  )
-
-  if (NOT _arg_EXCLUDE_FROM_INSTALL)
-    foreach(SOURCE ${_arg_SOURCES})
-      get_filename_component(SOURCE_DIR "${SOURCE}" DIRECTORY)
-
-      install(
-        FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SOURCE}
-        DESTINATION ${IDE_PLUGIN_PATH}/${SOURCE_DIR}
-      )
-    endforeach()
-  endif()
-endfunction()
diff --git a/qt_attributions.json b/qt_attributions.json
index 56e4fe0595c..74bd2cae83f 100644
--- a/qt_attributions.json
+++ b/qt_attributions.json
@@ -618,11 +618,11 @@
         "QDocModule": "qtcreator",
         "QtParts": ["tools"],
         "QtUsage": "Used for pretty printing from Lua scripts.",
-        "Path": "src/plugins/luatests/luatests",
+        "Path": "share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests",
         "Description": "inspect.lua is a library for pretty printing complex objects in Lua.",
         "Homepage": "https://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua",
         "License": "MIT License",
-        "LicenseFile": "src/plugins/luatests/luatests/INSPECT-LICENSE.txt",
+        "LicenseFile": "share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/INSPECT-LICENSE.txt",
         "Copyright": "Copyright (c) 2022 Enrique García Cota"
     }
 ]
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/CMakeLists.txt b/share/qtcreator/CMakeLists.txt
index 96791362ec7..6a18147f9fd 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/share/qtcreator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set(resource_directories
   glsl
   indexer_preincludes
   jsonschemas
+  lua-plugins
   modeleditor
   qmldesigner
   qmlicons
diff --git a/src/plugins/luals/luals/init.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luals/init.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/luals/luals/init.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luals/init.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/luals/luals/luals.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luals/luals.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/luals/luals/luals.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luals/luals.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/INSPECT-LICENSE.txt b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/INSPECT-LICENSE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/luatests/luatests/INSPECT-LICENSE.txt
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/INSPECT-LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/guidemo.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/guidemo.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/luatests/luatests/guidemo.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/guidemo.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/inspect.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/inspect.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/luatests/luatests/inspect.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/inspect.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/luatests.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/luatests.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/luatests/luatests/luatests.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/luatests.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/qtctest.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/qtctest.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/luatests/luatests/qtctest.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/qtctest.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/tests.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/tests.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/luatests/luatests/tests.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/tests.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/tst_aspectcontainer.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/tst_aspectcontainer.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/luatests/luatests/tst_aspectcontainer.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/tst_aspectcontainer.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/tst_fetch.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/tst_fetch.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/luatests/luatests/tst_fetch.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/tst_fetch.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/tst_utils.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/tst_utils.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/luatests/luatests/tst_utils.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/luatests/tst_utils.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/rustls/rustls/init.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/rustls/init.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/rustls/rustls/init.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/rustls/init.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/rustls/rustls/rustls.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/rustls/rustls.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/rustls/rustls/rustls.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/rustls/rustls.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/tellajoke/tellajoke/tellajoke.lua b/share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/tellajoke/tellajoke.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/tellajoke/tellajoke/tellajoke.lua
rename to share/qtcreator/lua-plugins/tellajoke/tellajoke.lua
diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 86c9106a565..4ec11d5e896 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -177,8 +177,11 @@ static inline int askMsgSendFailed()
 
 static inline QStringList getPluginPaths()
 {
-    QStringList rc(QDir::cleanPath(QApplication::applicationDirPath()
-                                   + '/' + RELATIVE_PLUGIN_PATH));
+    QStringList rc;
+    rc << (QDir::cleanPath(QApplication::applicationDirPath()
+                                   + '/' + RELATIVE_PLUGIN_PATH))
+       << (QDir::cleanPath(QApplication::applicationDirPath()
+                           + '/' + RELATIVE_DATA_PATH + "/lua-plugins"));
     // Local plugin path: <localappdata>/plugins/<ideversion>
     //    where <localappdata> is e.g.
     //    "%LOCALAPPDATA%\QtProject\qtcreator" on Windows Vista and later
diff --git a/src/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index a0bfe5b1cfc..423b17d9284 100644
--- a/src/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,3 @@ endif()
 add_subdirectory(qnx)
 add_subdirectory(mcusupport)
 add_subdirectory(qtapplicationmanager)
-add_subdirectory(luatests)
-add_subdirectory(tellajoke)
-add_subdirectory(luals)
-add_subdirectory(rustls)
diff --git a/src/plugins/luals/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/luals/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index cec9a052dee..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/luals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-add_qtc_lua_plugin(luals
-    SOURCES luals/luals.lua
-            luals/init.lua
-)
diff --git a/src/plugins/luals/luals.qbs b/src/plugins/luals/luals.qbs
deleted file mode 100644
index ea05595f80a..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/luals/luals.qbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-QtcLuaPlugin {
-    name: "luals"
-
-    luafiles: [
-        "init.lua",
-        "luals.lua",
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/luatests/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bad7da433b..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/luatests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-add_qtc_lua_plugin(luatests
-    SOURCES
-        luatests/luatests.lua
-        luatests/tests.lua
-        luatests/inspect.lua
-        luatests/qtctest.lua
-        luatests/tst_aspectcontainer.lua
-        luatests/tst_fetch.lua
-        luatests/tst_utils.lua
-        luatests/guidemo.lua
-)
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests.qbs b/src/plugins/luatests/luatests.qbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 687cd6579bd..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests.qbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-QtcLuaPlugin {
-    name: "luatests"
-
-    luafiles: [
-        "inspect.lua",
-        "guidemo.lua",
-        "luatests.lua",
-        "qtctest.lua",
-        "tests.lua",
-        "tst_aspectcontainer.lua",
-        "tst_fetch.lua",
-        "tst_utils.lua",
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/rustls/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/rustls/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 17184ddf139..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/rustls/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-add_qtc_lua_plugin(rustls
-    SOURCES rustls/rustls.lua
-            rustls/init.lua
-)
diff --git a/src/plugins/rustls/rustls.qbs b/src/plugins/rustls/rustls.qbs
deleted file mode 100644
index f629705f098..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/rustls/rustls.qbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-QtcLuaPlugin {
-    name: "rustls"
-
-    luafiles: [
-        "init.lua",
-        "rustls.lua",
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/tellajoke/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/tellajoke/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c9dfcf23d20..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/tellajoke/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-add_qtc_lua_plugin(tellajoke SOURCES tellajoke/tellajoke.lua)
diff --git a/src/plugins/tellajoke/tellajoke.qbs b/src/plugins/tellajoke/tellajoke.qbs
deleted file mode 100644
index d2efc1a64e8..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/tellajoke/tellajoke.qbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-QtcLuaPlugin {
-    name: "tellajoke"
-
-    luafiles: "tellajoke.lua"
-}