diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/qdoc.pro b/src/tools/qdoc/qdoc.pro
index 9729a758f0..9df79ec718 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/qdoc.pro
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/qdoc.pro
@@ -91,3 +91,5 @@ qtPrepareTool(QHELPGENERATOR, qhelpgenerator)
 QMAKE_DOCS = $$PWD/doc/config/qdoc.qdocconf
 
 load(qt_tool)
+
+TR_EXCLUDE += $$PWD/*
diff --git a/src/tools/tools.pro b/src/tools/tools.pro
index c3a9ea228e..fa9ed54c50 100644
--- a/src/tools/tools.pro
+++ b/src/tools/tools.pro
@@ -41,5 +41,3 @@ SUBDIRS = $$TOOLS_SUBDIRS
 bootstrap_prepare_docs.depends += $${src_tools_qdoc.target}-make_first
 bootstrap_prepare_docs.target = $${src_tools_bootstrap.target}-prepare_docs
 QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += bootstrap_prepare_docs
-
-TR_EXCLUDE += $$PWD/*