diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7238cd14a1..3dcb3731c3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ else ()
   endif ()
 endif ()
 
+# figure out where the qt dir is
+get_filename_component(QT_DIR "${QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/../../" ABSOLUTE)
+
 set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} ${QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
 
 # set our OS X deployment target to
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ if (ANDROID)
 endif ()
 
 if (WIN32)
-  add_paths_to_lib_paths("${QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}\\..\\..\\bin")
+  add_paths_to_lib_paths("${QT_DIR}/bin")
 endif ()
 
 # add subdirectories for all targets
diff --git a/cmake/android/QtCreateAPK.cmake b/cmake/android/QtCreateAPK.cmake
index a8543a5fbc..c3a4a48ac7 100644
--- a/cmake/android/QtCreateAPK.cmake
+++ b/cmake/android/QtCreateAPK.cmake
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ macro(qt_create_apk)
   
   # create "strings.xml"
   configure_file("${ANDROID_THIS_DIRECTORY}/strings.xml.in" "${ANDROID_APK_BUILD_DIR}/res/values/strings.xml")
-
-  # figure out where the qt dir is
-  get_filename_component(QT_DIR "${QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/../../" ABSOLUTE)
   
   # find androiddeployqt
   find_program(ANDROID_DEPLOY_QT androiddeployqt HINTS "${QT_DIR}/bin")