diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_qplugin.pro b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_qplugin.pro
deleted file mode 100644
index 52fb9e31635..00000000000
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_qplugin.pro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#! [3]
-TEMPLATE      = app
-QTPLUGIN     += qjpeg qgif    # image formats
-#! [3]
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qplugin.qdoc b/src/corelib/plugin/qplugin.qdoc
index ed023a75c99..dd4aa5f4b09 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qplugin.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qplugin.qdoc
@@ -82,11 +82,9 @@
     \snippet code/doc_src_qplugin.cpp 2
 
     Static plugins must also be included by the linker when your
-    application is built. For Qt's predefined plugins,
-    you can use the \c QTPLUGIN to add
-    the required plugins to your build. For example:
+    application is built. See \l{Static Plugins} for more information
+    on this.
 
-    \snippet code/doc_src_qplugin.pro 3
-    \sa {Static Plugins}, {How to Create Qt Plugins}, {qmake-getting-started}{Getting Started with qmake}
+    \sa {Static Plugins}, {How to Create Qt Plugins}
 
 */