diff --git a/qtcreator.pri b/qtcreator.pri
index af4a50f2b0c2c92935ca0dcbc186e3a52caecd0e..63b48569f0bb7a0a6a70f6d6c418ced1bc035067 100644
--- a/qtcreator.pri
+++ b/qtcreator.pri
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ defineTest(minQtVersion) {
 
 isEqual(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5) {
 
-QTESTLIB = testlib
-
 # For use in custom compilers which just copy files
 defineReplace(stripSrcDir) {
     return($$relative_path($$absolute_path($$1, $$OUT_PWD), $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_))
@@ -81,8 +79,6 @@ defineReplace(stripSrcDir) {
 
 } else { # qt5
 
-QTESTLIB = qtestlib
-
 # For use in custom compilers which just copy files
 win32:i_flag = i
 defineReplace(stripSrcDir) {
diff --git a/tests/auto/icheckbuild/icheckbuild.pro b/tests/auto/icheckbuild/icheckbuild.pro
index ad4aabf2954b28b149369080423e0ce1cb2a8b71..e7ea6b4b960a84561e6ca0a3d4c02923800bc0a2 100644
--- a/tests/auto/icheckbuild/icheckbuild.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/icheckbuild/icheckbuild.pro
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include(../../../qtcreator.pri)
 include($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/libs/cplusplus/cplusplus.pri)
 include($$IDE_SOURCE_TREE/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptools.pri)
 
-QT += $$QTESTLIB
+QT += testlib
 
 DEFINES += ICHECK_BUILD ICHECK_APP_BUILD
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/bauhaustests/bauhaustests.pro b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/bauhaustests/bauhaustests.pro
index 6a74a83c60976a45012a364e554cb268271e4756..b7184762b83b2c795796bc93e9c73515ee2fcc8e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/bauhaustests/bauhaustests.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/bauhaustests/bauhaustests.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include(../../../../../qtcreator.pri)
 #include(../../../../../src/plugins/qmldesigner/config.pri)
-QT += $$QTESTLIB
+QT += testlib
 CONFIG += testcase
 
 ##DEFINES += DONT_MESS_WITH_QDEBUG
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/propertyeditortests/propertyeditortests.pro b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/propertyeditortests/propertyeditortests.pro
index f6fcad741b9f4a9a89bf7b48723f00120bfa8ac9..323ae839135b492ac8f5674ab64ad55e775d064e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/propertyeditortests/propertyeditortests.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/propertyeditortests/propertyeditortests.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include(../../../../../qtcreator.pri)
 TEMPLATE = app
-QT += script declarative webkit $$QTESTLIB
+QT += script declarative webkit testlib
 CONFIG += testcase
 CONFIG += console
 CONFIG -= app_bundle
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmleditor/qmllookup/qmllookup.pro b/tests/auto/qml/qmleditor/qmllookup/qmllookup.pro
index 30e580f8eee4735b452247d82b3704282c6093c9..c80b437af3f81d7aa3809ae47506111ebf9a453f 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmleditor/qmllookup/qmllookup.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmleditor/qmllookup/qmllookup.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include(../../../../../qtcreator.pri)
 TEMPLATE = app
-QT += $$QTESTLIB
+QT += testlib
 CONFIG += qt warn_on console depend_includepath testcase
 include(../../../../../src/libs/qmljs/qmljs-lib.pri)
 DEFINES += QML_BUILD_STATIC_LIB
diff --git a/tests/auto/qttest.pri b/tests/auto/qttest.pri
index 6e261b6ba01847c2b5919711dda61165cd742dc1..cc4ce6888cdda3aa412f97c1d31bd1bd79622c2a 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qttest.pri
+++ b/tests/auto/qttest.pri
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include(../../qtcreator.pri)
 include(qttestrpath.pri)
 
 isEmpty(TEMPLATE):TEMPLATE=app
-QT += $$QTESTLIB
+QT += testlib
 CONFIG += qt warn_on console depend_includepath testcase
 CONFIG -= app_bundle