diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index b0ff19def4d3906658511fde5bab52235c6d3d5b..c364b4d4b7bbf6c1d7adf3ef23318163fd13c790 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -222,9 +222,8 @@ static inline QStringList getPluginPaths()
     //    "$XDG_DATA_HOME/data/QtProject/qtcreator" or "~/.local/share/data/QtProject/qtcreator" on Linux
     //    "~/Library/Application Support/QtProject/Qt Creator" on Mac
     pluginPath = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation);
-#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-    pluginPath += QLatin1String("/data");
-#endif
+    if (Utils::HostOsInfo::isAnyUnixHost() && !Utils::HostOsInfo::isMacHost())
+        pluginPath += QLatin1String("/data");
     pluginPath += QLatin1Char('/')
             + QLatin1String(Core::Constants::IDE_SETTINGSVARIANT_STR)
             + QLatin1Char('/');