diff --git a/qmake/Makefile.unix b/qmake/Makefile.unix
index aa6c876c737..72431f51eae 100644
--- a/qmake/Makefile.unix
+++ b/qmake/Makefile.unix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ DEPEND_SRC = \
 	   $(QMKGENSRC)/projectgenerator.cpp $(QMKGENSRC)/makefile.cpp \
 	   $(QMKGENSRC)/unix/unixmake.cpp $(QMKGENSRC)/unix/unixmake2.cpp \
 	   $(QMKGENSRC)/mac/pbuilder_pbx.cpp \
+	   $(QMKGENSRC)/win32/registry.cpp \
 	   $(QMKGENSRC)/win32/winmakefile.cpp \
 	   $(QMKGENSRC)/win32/mingw_make.cpp $(QMKGENSRC)/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp \
 	   $(QMKGENSRC)/mac/xmloutput.cpp \
@@ -84,7 +85,6 @@ DEPEND_SRC = \
 	   $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/kernel/qsystemerror.cpp \
 	   $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/global/qlogging.cpp \
 	   $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/plugin/qsystemlibrary.cpp \
-	   $(SOURCE_PATH)/tools/shared/windows/registry.cpp \
 	   $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/json/qjson.cpp \
 	   $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/json/qjsondocument.cpp \
 	   $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/json/qjsonparser.cpp \
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ CPPFLAGS = -g $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS) \
 	   -I$(INC_PATH)/QtCore/$(QT_VERSION) -I$(INC_PATH)/QtCore/$(QT_VERSION)/QtCore \
 	   -I$(BUILD_PATH)/src/corelib/global \
 	   -I$(QMAKESPEC) \
-	   -I$(SOURCE_PATH)/tools/shared \
 	   -DQT_VERSION_STR=\"$(QT_VERSION)\" -DQT_VERSION_MAJOR=$(QT_MAJOR_VERSION) -DQT_VERSION_MINOR=$(QT_MINOR_VERSION) -DQT_VERSION_PATCH=$(QT_PATCH_VERSION) \
            -DQT_BUILD_QMAKE -DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED -DPROEVALUATOR_FULL \
            -DQT_NO_FOREACH
@@ -184,6 +183,9 @@ unixmake.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
 unixmake2.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
 
+registry.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/win32/registry.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+
 winmakefile.o: $(QMKSRC)/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $<
 
@@ -404,9 +406,6 @@ qlogging.o: $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/global/qlogging.cpp
 qsystemlibrary.o: $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/plugin/qsystemlibrary.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/plugin/qsystemlibrary.cpp
 
-registry.o: $(SOURCE_PATH)/tools/shared/windows/registry.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $(SOURCE_PATH)/tools/shared/windows/registry.cpp
-
 qjson.o: $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/json/qjson.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/json/qjson.cpp
 
diff --git a/qmake/Makefile.unix.win32 b/qmake/Makefile.unix.win32
index be7245a3705..14487e0dbd9 100644
--- a/qmake/Makefile.unix.win32
+++ b/qmake/Makefile.unix.win32
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ QTSRCS = \
     $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/io/qsettings_win.cpp \
     $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/tools/qlocale_win.cpp \
     $(SOURCE_PATH)/src/corelib/plugin/qsystemlibrary.cpp \
-    $(SOURCE_PATH)/tools/shared/windows/registry.cpp
+    $(SOURCE_PATH)/qmake/generators/win32/registry.cpp
diff --git a/qmake/Makefile.win32 b/qmake/Makefile.win32
index 8e41facde25..9e1f5136ef7 100644
--- a/qmake/Makefile.win32
+++ b/qmake/Makefile.win32
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ CFLAGS_BARE = -c -Fo./ -Fdqmake.pdb \
               -I$(INC_PATH) -I$(INC_PATH)\QtCore -I$(INC_PATH)\QtCore\$(QT_VERSION) -I$(INC_PATH)\QtCore\$(QT_VERSION)\QtCore \
               -I$(BUILD_PATH)\src\corelib\global \
               -I$(SOURCE_PATH)\mkspecs\$(QMAKESPEC)  \
-              -I$(SOURCE_PATH)\tools\shared \
               -DQT_VERSION_STR=\"$(QT_VERSION)\" -DQT_VERSION_MAJOR=$(QT_MAJOR_VERSION) -DQT_VERSION_MINOR=$(QT_MINOR_VERSION) -DQT_VERSION_PATCH=$(QT_PATCH_VERSION) \
               -DQT_BUILD_QMAKE -DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED -DPROEVALUATOR_FULL \
               -DQT_NO_FOREACH -DUNICODE
@@ -197,9 +196,6 @@ qmake_pch.obj:
 {$(SOURCE_PATH)\src\corelib\json}.cpp{}.obj::
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $<
 
-{$(SOURCE_PATH)\tools\shared\windows}.cpp{}.obj::
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $<
-
 # Make sure qstring_compat.obj isn't compiled with PCH enabled
 qstring_compat.obj: $(SOURCE_PATH)\src\corelib\tools\qstring_compat.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS_BARE) $(SOURCE_PATH)\src\corelib\tools\qstring_compat.cpp
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
index da10b1984f7..5b5eecd3735 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include <qdiriterator.h>
 #include <qset.h>
 
-#include <windows/registry_p.h>
+#include <registry_p.h>
 
 #include <time.h>
 
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
index ae1d095629c..ef4e9f29b64 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
 #include <qt_windows.h>
-#include <windows/registry_p.h>
+#include <registry_p.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
diff --git a/tools/shared/windows/registry.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/registry.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/shared/windows/registry.cpp
rename to qmake/generators/win32/registry.cpp
diff --git a/tools/shared/windows/registry_p.h b/qmake/generators/win32/registry_p.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/shared/windows/registry_p.h
rename to qmake/generators/win32/registry_p.h