diff --git a/mkspecs/features/qml_plugin.prf b/mkspecs/features/qml_plugin.prf
index 7314cb1f04b..f161a71ef9d 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/qml_plugin.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/qml_plugin.prf
@@ -100,11 +100,3 @@ load(qt_common)
 }
 
 load(qml_module)
-
-!isEmpty(_QMAKE_SUPER_CACHE_): \
-    lib_replace.match = $$dirname(_QMAKE_SUPER_CACHE_)/[^/][^/]*/lib
-else: \
-    lib_replace.match = $$MODULE_BASE_OUTDIR
-lib_replace.replace = $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS/raw]
-lib_replace.CONFIG = path
-QMAKE_PRL_INSTALL_REPLACE += lib_replace
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/qt_common.prf b/mkspecs/features/qt_common.prf
index 6cd848b4052..b58f969b07d 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/qt_common.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/qt_common.prf
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ contains(TEMPLATE, .*lib) {
     unix:contains(QT_CONFIG, reduce_relocations): CONFIG += bsymbolic_functions
     contains(QT_CONFIG, largefile): CONFIG += largefile
     contains(QT_CONFIG, separate_debug_info): CONFIG += separate_debug_info
+
+    !isEmpty(_QMAKE_SUPER_CACHE_): \
+        rplbase = $$dirname(_QMAKE_SUPER_CACHE_)/[^/][^/]*
+    else: \
+        rplbase = $$MODULE_BASE_OUTDIR
+    lib_replace.match = $$rplbase/lib
+    host_build: \
+        lib_replace.replace = $$[QT_HOST_LIBS]
+    else: \
+        lib_replace.replace = $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS/raw]
+    lib_replace.CONFIG = path
+    QMAKE_PRL_INSTALL_REPLACE += lib_replace
 }
 
 warnings_are_errors:warning_clean {
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/qt_module.prf b/mkspecs/features/qt_module.prf
index a247b2cc6b1..e250f936964 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/qt_module.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/qt_module.prf
@@ -171,18 +171,7 @@ load(qt_installs)
 load(qt_targets)
 load(qt_common)
 
-!isEmpty(_QMAKE_SUPER_CACHE_): \
-    rplbase = $$dirname(_QMAKE_SUPER_CACHE_)/[^/][^/]*
-else: \
-    rplbase = $$MODULE_BASE_OUTDIR
-lib_replace.match = $$rplbase/lib
-host_build: \
-    lib_replace.replace = $$[QT_HOST_LIBS]
-else: \
-    lib_replace.replace = $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS/raw]
-lib_replace.CONFIG = path
-QMAKE_PRL_INSTALL_REPLACE += lib_replace
-
+# this builds on top of qt_common
 unix|mingw {
     CONFIG += create_pc
     QMAKE_PKGCONFIG_DESTDIR = pkgconfig
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/qt_plugin.prf b/mkspecs/features/qt_plugin.prf
index c020bd27671..52567eaff07 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/qt_plugin.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/qt_plugin.prf
@@ -83,12 +83,3 @@ load(qt_common)
 
 wince*:LIBS += $$QMAKE_LIBS_GUI
 QMAKE_LFLAGS += $$QMAKE_LFLAGS_NOUNDEF
-
-!isEmpty(_QMAKE_SUPER_CACHE_): \
-    rplbase = $$dirname(_QMAKE_SUPER_CACHE_)/[^/][^/]*
-else: \
-    rplbase = $$MODULE_BASE_OUTDIR
-lib_replace.match = $$rplbase/lib
-lib_replace.replace = $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS/raw]
-lib_replace.CONFIG = path
-QMAKE_PRL_INSTALL_REPLACE += lib_replace