diff --git a/src/plugins/imageformats/shared/qiiofhelpers.pri b/src/plugins/imageformats/shared/qiiofhelpers.pri
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index 8824281c..00000000
--- a/src/plugins/imageformats/shared/qiiofhelpers.pri
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD
-
-HEADERS += $$PWD/qiiofhelpers_p.h
-
-SOURCES += $$PWD/qiiofhelpers.cpp