diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp
index d4f9235538f..783d457bd50 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static QLibraryScanResult findPatternUnloaded(const QString &library, QLibraryPr
 #endif
         if (!lib->metaData.parse(QByteArrayView(filedata + r.pos, r.length))) {
             errMsg = lib->metaData.errorString();
-            qCWarning(qt_lcDebugPlugins, "Found invalid metadata in lib %ls: %ls",
+            qCDebug(qt_lcDebugPlugins, "Found invalid metadata in lib %ls: %ls",
                       qUtf16Printable(library), qUtf16Printable(errMsg));
         } else {
             qCDebug(qt_lcDebugPlugins, "Found metadata in lib %ls, metadata=\n%s\n",
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ void QLibraryPrivate::updatePluginState()
     uint qt_version = uint(metaData.value(QtPluginMetaDataKeys::QtVersion).toInteger());
     bool debug = metaData.value(QtPluginMetaDataKeys::IsDebug).toBool();
     if ((qt_version & 0x00ff00) > (QT_VERSION & 0x00ff00) || (qt_version & 0xff0000) != (QT_VERSION & 0xff0000)) {
-        qCWarning(qt_lcDebugPlugins, "In %s:\n"
+        qCDebug(qt_lcDebugPlugins, "In %s:\n"
                  "  Plugin uses incompatible Qt library (%d.%d.%d) [%s]",
                  QFile::encodeName(fileName).constData(),
                  (qt_version&0xff0000) >> 16, (qt_version&0xff00) >> 8, qt_version&0xff,
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qplugin/tst_qplugin.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qplugin/tst_qplugin.cpp
index 5af39c4f3e6..aaed702320c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qplugin/tst_qplugin.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/plugin/qplugin/tst_qplugin.cpp
@@ -224,10 +224,6 @@ void tst_QPlugin::scanInvalidPlugin()
     // now try to load this
     QFETCH(bool, loads);
     QFETCH(QString, errMsg);
-    if (!errMsg.isEmpty())
-        QTest::ignoreMessage(QtWarningMsg,
-                             "Found invalid metadata in lib " + QFile::encodeName(newName) +
-                             ":" + errMsg.toUtf8());
     QPluginLoader loader(newName);
     QCOMPARE(loader.load(), loads);
     if (loads)