diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel/qsortfilterproxymodel.pro b/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel/qsortfilterproxymodel.pro
index 44957bcb574..25947990a77 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel/qsortfilterproxymodel.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel/qsortfilterproxymodel.pro
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ CONFIG += testcase
 CONFIG += parallel_test
 TARGET = tst_qsortfilterproxymodel
 
-QT += gui widgets testlib
+QT += widgets testlib
 mtdir = ../../../other/modeltest
 
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/$${mtdir}
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditem/qstandarditem.pro b/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditem/qstandarditem.pro
index 282737ed7d8..b85d475e97a 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditem/qstandarditem.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditem/qstandarditem.pro
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG += testcase
 CONFIG += parallel_test
 TARGET = tst_qstandarditem
-QT += gui testlib
+QT += testlib
 SOURCES  += tst_qstandarditem.cpp
 
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qfileopenevent/qfileopeneventexternal/qfileopeneventexternal.pro b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qfileopenevent/qfileopeneventexternal/qfileopeneventexternal.pro
index b84ff760ca9..a4abaeedc6e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qfileopenevent/qfileopeneventexternal/qfileopeneventexternal.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qfileopenevent/qfileopeneventexternal/qfileopeneventexternal.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 TEMPLATE = app
 TARGET = qfileopeneventexternal
-QT += core gui
 SOURCES += qfileopeneventexternal.cpp
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguiapplication/qguiapplication.pro b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguiapplication/qguiapplication.pro
index 79acb9e5f10..cd363bab314 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguiapplication/qguiapplication.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/kernel/qguiapplication/qguiapplication.pro
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ include($${CORE_TEST_PATH}/qcoreapplication.pro)
 INCLUDEPATH += $$CORE_TEST_PATH
 
 TARGET = tst_qguiapplication
-QT += gui gui-private
+QT += gui-private
 SOURCES += tst_qguiapplication.cpp
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/qopengl/qopengl.pro b/tests/auto/gui/qopengl/qopengl.pro
index 34af962d361..12429bbeed2 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/qopengl/qopengl.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/qopengl/qopengl.pro
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 CONFIG += testcase
 CONFIG += parallel_test
 TARGET = tst_qopengl
-QT += gui gui-private core-private testlib
+QT += gui-private core-private testlib
 
 SOURCES   += tst_qopengl.cpp
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qstatictext/qstatictext.pro b/tests/auto/gui/text/qstatictext/qstatictext.pro
index 55b218deb78..435b132ffd4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qstatictext/qstatictext.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qstatictext/qstatictext.pro
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ CONFIG += parallel_test
 linux: CONFIG += insignificant_test
 TARGET = tst_qstatictext
 QT += testlib
-QT += core core-private gui gui-private
+QT += core-private gui-private
 SOURCES  += tst_qstatictext.cpp
diff --git a/tests/auto/other/qaccessibilitylinux/qaccessibilitylinux.pro b/tests/auto/other/qaccessibilitylinux/qaccessibilitylinux.pro
index a9705453e95..cb5bc04c1d7 100644
--- a/tests/auto/other/qaccessibilitylinux/qaccessibilitylinux.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/other/qaccessibilitylinux/qaccessibilitylinux.pro
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ SOURCES += tst_qaccessibilitylinux.cpp
 
 CONFIG += gui
 
-QT += gui gui-private widgets dbus testlib
+QT += gui-private widgets dbus testlib
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel/qfilesystemmodel.pro b/tests/auto/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel/qfilesystemmodel.pro
index 1f60cd5ca41..bc4671f60cf 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel/qfilesystemmodel.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel/qfilesystemmodel.pro
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ win32:testcase.timeout = 900
 macx:testcase.timeout = 900
 
 QT += widgets widgets-private
-QT += core-private gui testlib
+QT += core-private testlib
 
 SOURCES		+= tst_qfilesystemmodel.cpp
 TARGET		= tst_qfilesystemmodel