diff --git a/qbittorrent.pro b/qbittorrent.pro
index a7f2a137d..1910dbaef 100644
--- a/qbittorrent.pro
+++ b/qbittorrent.pro
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ tarball.commands += rm -fR $${PROJECT_NAME}-$${PROJECT_VERSION}
 
 QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += tarball
 
+# Translations included here (at top level) is to avoid regenerating the .qm files
+# every time when src.pro is processed
+include(src/lang/lang.pri)
+
 # For Qt Creator beautifier
 DISTFILES += \
     uncrustify.cfg
diff --git a/src/src.pro b/src/src.pro
index 5bbf39b3c..e1c069ff2 100644
--- a/src/src.pro
+++ b/src/src.pro
@@ -76,7 +76,4 @@ RESOURCES += \
     lang/lang.qrc \
     searchengine/searchengine.qrc
 
-# Translations
-include(lang/lang.pri)
-
 DESTDIR = .