diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
index a64129460fe22b86b29475f6dc695318b876a4dd..738c3c0bc57cd0b1debad844e1d834a06d11f815 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -1144,10 +1144,6 @@ const QStringList AbstractMaemoRunControl::options() const
         devConfig.authentication == MaemoDeviceConfigurations::DeviceConfig::Password;
     const QLatin1String opt("-o");
     QStringList optionList;
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    optionList << opt << QString::fromLatin1("UserKnownHostsFile=%1/maemo_knownHosts").
-        arg(QDesktopServices::storageLocation(QDesktopServices::HomeLocation));
-#endif
     if (!usePassword)
         optionList << QLatin1String("-i") << devConfig.keyFile;
     return optionList << opt