diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 99736e4ed7b9..9fcfe11b0fc6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1689,9 +1689,7 @@ if(QT6)
 else()
   add_executable(mixxx WIN32 src/main.cpp)
 endif()
-# ugly hack to get #include "preferences/dialog/ui_dlgpreferencesdlg.h" to work in
-# src/qmldlgpreferencesproxy.h, which is #included from src/qmlapplication.h.
-target_include_directories(mixxx PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mixxx-lib_autogen/include")
+
 set_target_properties(mixxx-lib PROPERTIES CXX_CLANG_TIDY "${CLANG_TIDY}")
 target_link_libraries(mixxx PRIVATE mixxx-lib mixxx-gitinfostore)