diff --git a/src/chartsqml2/chartsqml2.pro b/src/chartsqml2/chartsqml2.pro
index 4dd8295..5df0194 100644
--- a/src/chartsqml2/chartsqml2.pro
+++ b/src/chartsqml2/chartsqml2.pro
@@ -68,15 +68,5 @@ win32 {
     QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = "Charts QML plugin for Qt."
 }
 
-# Copy qmldir to DESTDIR so we can use the plugin directly from there in our examples
-# without having to do 'make install'.
-!android:!ios {
-    copy_qmldir.target = $$DESTDIR/qmldir
-    copy_qmldir.depends = $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_/qmldir
-    copy_qmldir.commands = $(COPY_FILE) \"$$replace(copy_qmldir.depends, /, $$QMAKE_DIR_SEP)\" \"$$replace(copy_qmldir.target, /, $$QMAKE_DIR_SEP)\"
-    QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += copy_qmldir
-    PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$copy_qmldir.target
-}
-
 QML_FILES += \
     $$PWD/plugins.qmltypes