diff --git a/recipes-qt/maliit/maliit-plugins-qt5_git.bb b/recipes-qt/maliit/maliit-plugins-qt5_git.bb
index 273b3e4c90..7dc1a7304b 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/maliit/maliit-plugins-qt5_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-qt/maliit/maliit-plugins-qt5_git.bb
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=f29b21caa8e460097bfad9c026a33621"
 
 inherit qmake5
 
-# Set path of qt5 headers as qmake5_base.bbclass sets this to just ${includedir}
-# but
-# actually it is ${includedir}/qt5
-OE_QMAKE_PATH_HEADERS = "${OE_QMAKE_PATH_QT_HEADERS}"
-
 DEPENDS = "maliit-framework-qt5"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "qtsvg-plugins"