diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
index abd4f2e5a465df270e9e23e5abd5791504b4de52..a598d5d93a1974a7cb0c2c29062feb17a5ab0210 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ void QmlProject::refresh(RefreshOptions options)
 
     QmlJS::ModelManagerInterface::ProjectInfo pinfo(this);
     pinfo.sourceFiles = files();
-    pinfo.importPaths = importPaths();
+    pinfo.importPaths = customImportPaths();
     QtSupport::BaseQtVersion *version = 0;
     if (activeTarget()) {
         ProjectExplorer::ToolChain *tc = ProjectExplorer::ToolChainKitInformation::toolChain(activeTarget()->kit());
@@ -220,26 +220,12 @@ bool QmlProject::validProjectFile() const
     return !m_projectItem.isNull();
 }
 
-QStringList QmlProject::importPaths() const
+QStringList QmlProject::customImportPaths() const
 {
     QStringList importPaths;
     if (m_projectItem)
         importPaths = m_projectItem.data()->importPaths();
 
-    // add the default import path for the target Qt version
-    if (activeTarget()) {
-        const QmlProjectRunConfiguration *runConfig =
-                qobject_cast<QmlProjectRunConfiguration*>(activeTarget()->activeRunConfiguration());
-        if (runConfig) {
-            const QtSupport::BaseQtVersion *qtVersion = runConfig->qtVersion();
-            if (qtVersion && qtVersion->isValid()) {
-                const QString qtVersionImportPath = qtVersion->qmakeProperty("QT_INSTALL_IMPORTS");
-                if (!qtVersionImportPath.isEmpty())
-                    importPaths += qtVersionImportPath;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     return importPaths;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.h b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.h
index af49bfa284dc7f96ecb50b37ceaa369ca3859098..26b66917fe8f3d7b8dce50bd5ec80eb651198d3a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public:
     QDir projectDir() const;
     QStringList files() const;
     QString mainFile() const;
-    QStringList importPaths() const;
+    QStringList customImportPaths() const;
 
     bool addFiles(const QStringList &filePaths);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
index 6d16731a37511e9e831c909aa622a440717fad6e..4ffa15fef4b95a136bacaf0486c9633e87d31715 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ QString QmlProjectRunConfiguration::viewerArguments() const
 
     // arguments from .qmlproject file
     QmlProject *project = static_cast<QmlProject *>(target()->project());
-    foreach (const QString &importPath, project->importPaths()) {
+    foreach (const QString &importPath, project->customImportPaths()) {
         Utils::QtcProcess::addArg(&args, "-I");
         Utils::QtcProcess::addArg(&args, importPath);
     }