diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptools.pro b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptools.pro
index a6f329db4e93396a8b7116f41351d3fff0a7b606..7e0e479a2d32d2af8cc1e0a5b1a55c01ca408c56 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptools.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptools.pro
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 TEMPLATE = lib
 TARGET = CppTools
 include(../../qtcreatorplugin.pri)
-include($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/plugins/locator/locator.pri)
 include(cpptools_dependencies.pri)
 
 INCLUDEPATH += .
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptools_dependencies.pri b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptools_dependencies.pri
index b7e9053c433a6dd66a8ffb7845a0959c86b4d407..885ca8adcac8791c52ab70c7d2cd51de9fdbb40d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptools_dependencies.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptools_dependencies.pri
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ include($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/libs/languageutils/languageutils.pri)
 include($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus.pri)
 include($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pri)
 include($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pri)
+include($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/plugins/locator/locator.pri)
 include($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/plugins/find/find.pri)