1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
index 1f8de2e05d..4f9f54cde8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
@@ -116,10 +116,11 @@ QLibrarySettings::QLibrarySettings()
         QStringList children = settings->childGroups();
 #ifdef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
         haveEffectiveSourcePaths = children.contains(QLatin1String("EffectiveSourcePaths"));
-        haveEffectivePaths = haveEffectiveSourcePaths || children.contains(QLatin1String("EffectivePaths"));
 #else
-        haveEffectivePaths = children.contains(QLatin1String("EffectivePaths"));
+        // EffectiveSourcePaths is for the Qt build only, so needs no backwards compat trickery.
+        bool haveEffectiveSourcePaths = false;
 #endif
+        haveEffectivePaths = haveEffectiveSourcePaths || children.contains(QLatin1String("EffectivePaths"));
         // Backwards compat: an existing but empty file is claimed to contain the Paths section.
         havePaths = (!haveEffectivePaths && !children.contains(QLatin1String(platformsSection)))
                     || children.contains(QLatin1String("Paths"));