diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 14e0c96226f1696b590956fc70e267c553c339f9..99714241d0b309eadb722f91d621afc3faa52c0d 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -187,11 +187,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     // Must be done before any QSettings class is created
     QSettings::setPath(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::SystemScope,
             QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()+QLatin1String(SHARE_PATH));
-#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
-    // Work around bug in QSettings
-    QSettings::setPath(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope,
-            QDir::homePath()+"/.config");
-#endif
     // keep this in sync with the MainWindow ctor in coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
     const QSettings settings(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope,
                                  QLatin1String("Nokia"), QLatin1String("QtCreator"));