diff --git a/tests/auto/generichighlighter/highlighterengine/highlighterengine.pro b/tests/auto/generichighlighter/highlighterengine/highlighterengine.pro
index 1342b49e6e04943d86acfcb29a3facd4ecdc5635..7ff0d5c2f9a4f995e981017229ea67d8d55e1bce 100644
--- a/tests/auto/generichighlighter/highlighterengine/highlighterengine.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/generichighlighter/highlighterengine/highlighterengine.pro
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ QT += gui
 CONFIG += qtestlib testcase
 
 PLUGINSDIR = ../../../../src/plugins
-TEXTEDITORDIR = $$PLUGINSDIR/texteditor
 GENERICHIGHLIGHTERDIR = $$PLUGINSDIR/texteditor/generichighlighter
 
 SOURCES += tst_highlighterengine.cpp \
     highlightermock.cpp \
     formats.cpp \
-    $$TEXTEDITORDIR/syntaxhighlighter.cpp \
     $$GENERICHIGHLIGHTERDIR/highlighter.cpp \
     $$GENERICHIGHLIGHTERDIR/context.cpp \
     $$GENERICHIGHLIGHTERDIR/dynamicrule.cpp \
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ HEADERS += \
     basetextdocumentlayout.h \
     formats.h \
     tabsettings.h \
-    $$TEXTEDITORDIR/syntaxhighlighter.h \
+    texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h \
     $$GENERICHIGHLIGHTERDIR/highlighter.h \
     $$GENERICHIGHLIGHTERDIR/context.h \
     $$GENERICHIGHLIGHTERDIR/dynamicrule.h \
@@ -35,6 +33,6 @@ HEADERS += \
     $$GENERICHIGHLIGHTERDIR/keywordlist.h \
     $$GENERICHIGHLIGHTERDIR/itemdata.h
 
-INCLUDEPATH += $$GENERICHIGHLIGHTERDIR $$PLUGINSDIR $$TEXTEDITORDIR
+INCLUDEPATH += $$GENERICHIGHLIGHTERDIR
 
 TARGET=tst_$$TARGET
diff --git a/tests/auto/generichighlighter/highlighterengine/tabsettings.h b/tests/auto/generichighlighter/highlighterengine/tabsettings.h
index b79bbdbaf81aab5034507b90eb1f7da34ec4f2aa..7cc507038ec2b4e94c870c5e0364d58fe5acd2bd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/generichighlighter/highlighterengine/tabsettings.h
+++ b/tests/auto/generichighlighter/highlighterengine/tabsettings.h
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
 
 namespace TextEditor {
 
-struct TabSettings
+class TabSettings
 {
+public:
     int indentationColumn(const QString &) const { return 0; }
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/generichighlighter/highlighterengine/texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h b/tests/auto/generichighlighter/highlighterengine/texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c1355d8ce37596af48adf67c99819a90adf988d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/generichighlighter/highlighterengine/texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator
+**
+** Copyright (c) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+**
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** Commercial Usage
+**
+** Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Nokia.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+**
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** If you are unsure which license is appropriate for your use, please
+** contact the sales department at http://qt.nokia.com/contact.
+**
+**************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef SYNTAXHIGHLIGHTER_H
+#define SYNTAXHIGHLIGHTER_H
+
+// Replaces the "real" syntaxhighlighter.h file. The scope of this test is restricted to the
+// highlight definition's context engine. Using QSyntaxHighlighter as a base instead of the
+// real TextEditor::SyntaxHighlighter should not affect it.
+
+#include <QtGui/QSyntaxHighlighter>
+
+namespace TextEditor {
+    typedef QSyntaxHighlighter SyntaxHighlighter;
+}
+
+#endif //SYNTAXHIGHLIGHTER_H