diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/cmake/wizard.xml b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/cmake/wizard.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bc6964698d..00000000000
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/cmake/wizard.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2015 The Qt Company Ltd.
-** Contact: http://www.qt.io/licensing
-**
-** This file is part of Qt Creator.
-**
-** Commercial License Usage
-** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
-** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
-** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
-** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.  For licensing terms and
-** conditions see http://www.qt.io/terms-conditions.  For further information
-** use the contact form at http://www.qt.io/contact-us.
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
-** General Public License version 2.1 or version 3 as published by the Free
-** Software Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPLv21 and
-** LICENSE.LGPLv3 included in the packaging of this file.  Please review the
-** following information to ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License
-** requirements will be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html and
-** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
-**
-** In addition, as a special exception, The Qt Company gives you certain additional
-** rights.  These rights are described in The Qt Company LGPL Exception
-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
-**
-****************************************************************************/
--->
-<wizard version="1" kind="project" firstpage="10" id="S.Plain C (CMake)" category="I.Projects"
-        platformIndependent="true" featuresRequired="Plugin.CMakeProjectManager">
-    <icon>../common/console.png</icon>
-    <description>Creates a plain C project using CMake, not using the Qt library.</description>
-    <displayname>Plain C Project (CMake Build)</displayname>;
-    <displaycategory>Non-Qt Project</displaycategory>
-    <files>
-        <file source="../common/main.c" target="main.c" openeditor="true"/>
-        <file source="CMakeLists.txt" openproject="true"/>
-    </files>
-</wizard>
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/common/console.png b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/common/console.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 7569a988f4a..00000000000
Binary files a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/common/console.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qbs/wizard.xml b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qbs/wizard.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bc6ef59d23f..00000000000
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qbs/wizard.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2015 The Qt Company Ltd.
-** Contact: http://www.qt.io/licensing
-**
-** This file is part of Qt Creator.
-**
-** Commercial License Usage
-** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
-** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
-** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
-** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.  For licensing terms and
-** conditions see http://www.qt.io/terms-conditions.  For further information
-** use the contact form at http://www.qt.io/contact-us.
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
-** General Public License version 2.1 or version 3 as published by the Free
-** Software Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPLv21 and
-** LICENSE.LGPLv3 included in the packaging of this file.  Please review the
-** following information to ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License
-** requirements will be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html and
-** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
-**
-** In addition, as a special exception, The Qt Company gives you certain additional
-** rights.  These rights are described in The Qt Company LGPL Exception
-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
-**
-****************************************************************************/
--->
-<wizard version="1" kind="project" firstpage="10" id="S.Plain C (Qbs)" category="I.Projects"
-        platformIndependent="true" featuresRequired="Plugin.QbsProjectManager">
-    <icon>../common/console.png</icon>
-    <description>Creates a plain C project using Qbs.</description>
-    <displayname>Plain C Project (Qbs Build)</displayname>;
-    <displaycategory>Non-Qt Project</displaycategory>
-    <files>
-        <file source="../common/main.c" target="main.c" openeditor="true"/>
-        <file source="project.qbs" target="%ProjectName%.qbs" openproject="true"/>
-    </files>
-</wizard>
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qmake/wizard.xml b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qmake/wizard.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 29447980df9..00000000000
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qmake/wizard.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2015 The Qt Company Ltd.
-** Contact: http://www.qt.io/licensing
-**
-** This file is part of Qt Creator.
-**
-** Commercial License Usage
-** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
-** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
-** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
-** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.  For licensing terms and
-** conditions see http://www.qt.io/terms-conditions.  For further information
-** use the contact form at http://www.qt.io/contact-us.
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
-** General Public License version 2.1 or version 3 as published by the Free
-** Software Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPLv21 and
-** LICENSE.LGPLv3 included in the packaging of this file.  Please review the
-** following information to ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License
-** requirements will be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html and
-** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
-**
-** In addition, as a special exception, The Qt Company gives you certain additional
-** rights.  These rights are described in The Qt Company LGPL Exception
-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-Custom project wizard configuration example file. Note that by convention,
-the project file goes last.
-The "class" and "firstpage" attributes specify that it is a Qt 4 wizard and
-leave room for the Qt 4 target page.
--->
-<wizard version="1" kind="project"
-        class="qmakeproject" firstpage="10"
-        id="R.Plain C" category="I.Projects"
-        featuresRequired="QtSupport.Wizards.FeatureQt">
-    <icon>../common/console.png</icon>
-    <description>Creates a plain C project using qmake, not using the Qt library.</description>
-    <displayname>Plain C Project</displayname>;
-    <displaycategory>Non-Qt Project</displaycategory>
-    <files>
-        <file source="../common/main.c" target="main.c" openeditor="true"/>
-        <file source="project.pro" target="%ProjectName%.pro" openproject="true"/>
-    </files>
-</wizard>
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 82%
rename from share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
rename to share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/CMakeLists.txt
index aad92e30c3c..9001db70166 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project(%ProjectName%)
+project(%{ProjectName})
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 aux_source_directory(. SRC_LIST)
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRC_LIST})
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qmake/project.pro b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/file.pro
similarity index 75%
rename from share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qmake/project.pro
rename to share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/file.pro
index 7e6c04258a8..75b02a7d37b 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qmake/project.pro
+++ b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/file.pro
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ CONFIG += console c++11
 CONFIG -= app_bundle
 CONFIG -= qt
 
-SOURCES += main.c
+SOURCES += %{CFileName}
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qbs/project.qbs b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/file.qbs
similarity index 90%
rename from share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qbs/project.qbs
rename to share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/file.qbs
index 2e30fb31c68..3f178d05c0e 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/qbs/project.qbs
+++ b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/file.qbs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import qbs
 CppApplication {
     type: "application" // To suppress bundle generation on Mac
     consoleApplication: true
-    files: "main.c"
+    files: "%{CFileName}"
 
     Group {     // Properties for the produced executable
         fileTagsFilter: product.type
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/common/main.c b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/main.c
similarity index 63%
rename from share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/common/main.c
rename to share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/main.c
index 8f1edd610c6..8192ca7faf0 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincapp/common/main.c
+++ b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/main.c
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 int main(void)
 {
-    printf("Hello World!\n");
+    printf("Hello World!\\n");
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/wizard.json b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/wizard.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e1828351a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/plainc/wizard.json
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+{
+    "version": 1,
+    "kind": "project",
+    "id": "A.Plain C Application",
+    "category": "I.Projects",
+    "trDescription": "Creates a simple C application using either qmake, CMake, or Qbs to build.",
+    "trDisplayName": "Plain C Application",
+    "trDisplayCategory": "Non-Qt Project",
+    "icon": "../../global/consoleapplication.png",
+    "enabled": "%{JS: [ %{Plugins} ].indexOf('QmakeProjectManager') >= 0 || [ %{Plugins} ].indexOf('QbsProjectManager') >= 0 || [ %{Plugins} ].indexOf('CMakeProjectManager') >= 0}",
+
+    "options":
+    [
+        { "key": "ProjectFile", "value": "%{JS: '%{BuildSystem}' === 'qmake' ? '%{ProFile}' : ('%{BuildSystem}' === 'cmake' ? '%{CMakeFile}' : '%{QbsFile}')}" },
+        { "key": "ProFile", "value": "%{JS: Util.fileName('%{ProjectDirectory}/%{ProjectName}', 'pro')}" },
+        { "key": "QbsFile", "value": "%{JS: Util.fileName('%{ProjectDirectory}/%{ProjectName}', 'qbs')}" },
+        { "key": "CMakeFile", "value": "%{ProjectDirectory}/CMakeLists.txt" },
+        { "key": "CFileName", "value": "%{JS: 'main.' + Util.preferredSuffix('text/x-csrc')}" },
+        { "key": "IsTopLevelProject", "value": "%{JS: !'%{Exists:ProjectExplorer.Profile.Ids}'}" }
+    ],
+
+    "pages":
+    [
+        {
+            "trDisplayName": "Project Location",
+            "trShortTitle": "Location",
+            "typeId": "Project",
+            "data": { "trDescription": "This wizard creates an empty .pro file." }
+        },
+        {
+            "trDisplayName": "Define Build System",
+            "trShortTitle": "Build System",
+            "typeId": "Fields",
+            "data":
+            [
+                {
+                    "name": "BuildSystem",
+                    "trDisplayName": "Build system:",
+                    "type": "ComboBox",
+                    "data":
+                    {
+                        "index": 0,
+                        "items":
+                        [
+                            {
+                                "trKey": "qmake",
+                                "value": "qmake",
+                                "condition": "%{JS: [ %{Plugins} ].indexOf('QmakeProjectManager') >= 0}"
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "trKey": "CMake",
+                                "value": "cmake",
+                                "condition": "%{JS: [ %{Plugins} ].indexOf('CMakeProjectManager') >= 0}"
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "trKey": "Qbs",
+                                "value": "qbs",
+                                "condition": "%{JS: [ %{Plugins} ].indexOf('QbsProjectManager') >= 0}"
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+
+        {
+            "trDisplayName": "Kit Selection",
+            "trShortTitle": "Kits",
+            "typeId": "Kits",
+            "enabled": "%{IsTopLevelProject}",
+            "data": { "projectFilePath": "%{ProjectFile}" }
+        },
+        {
+            "trDisplayName": "Project Management",
+            "trShortTitle": "Summary",
+            "typeId": "Summary"
+        }
+    ],
+    "generators":
+    [
+        {
+            "typeId": "File",
+            "data":
+            [
+                {
+                    "source": "file.pro",
+                    "target": "%{ProFile}",
+                    "openAsProject": true,
+                    "condition": "%{JS: '%{BuildSystem}' === 'qmake'}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "source": "CMakeLists.txt",
+                    "openAsProject": true,
+                    "condition": "%{JS: '%{BuildSystem}' === 'cmake'}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "source": "file.qbs",
+                    "target": "%{QbsFile}",
+                    "openAsProject": true,
+                    "condition": "%{JS: '%{BuildSystem}' === 'qbs'}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "source": "main.c",
+                    "target": "%{CFileName}",
+                    "openInEditor": true
+                },
+                {
+                    "source": "../git.ignore",
+                    "target": "%{ProjectDirectory}/.gitignore",
+                    "condition": "%{JS: ! %{IsSubproject} && '%{VersionControl}' === 'G.Git'}"
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}