diff --git a/bypy/macos/__main__.py b/bypy/macos/__main__.py
index cb22dc7af4..2b632a9d34 100644
--- a/bypy/macos/__main__.py
+++ b/bypy/macos/__main__.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ QT_FRAMEWORKS = [x.replace('5', '') for x in QT_DLLS]
 ENV = dict(
     FONTCONFIG_PATH='@executable_path/../Resources/fonts',
     FONTCONFIG_FILE='@executable_path/../Resources/fonts/fonts.conf',
-    QT_PLUGIN_PATH='@executable_path/../MacOS/qt-plugins',
     PYTHONIOENCODING='UTF-8',
     SSL_CERT_FILE='@executable_path/../Resources/resources/mozilla-ca-certs.pem',
 )
@@ -317,7 +316,7 @@ class Freeze(object):
         for f in QT_FRAMEWORKS:
             self.add_qt_framework(f)
         pdir = join(QT_PREFIX, 'plugins')
-        ddir = join(self.contents_dir, 'MacOS', 'qt-plugins')
+        ddir = join(self.contents_dir, 'PlugIns')
         os.mkdir(ddir)
         for x in QT_PLUGINS:
             shutil.copytree(join(pdir, x), join(ddir, x))
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index 5ca021bf3f..3394c3aee2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ def sanitize_env_vars():
         env_vars = {k:None for k in 'QT_PLUGIN_PATH'.split()}
     elif isosx:
         env_vars = {k:None for k in (
-                    'FONTCONFIG_FILE FONTCONFIG_PATH QT_PLUGIN_PATH SSL_CERT_FILE').split()}
+                    'FONTCONFIG_FILE FONTCONFIG_PATH SSL_CERT_FILE').split()}
     else:
         env_vars = {}