diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake
index 6db33d2609..24ddc47bcb 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function(qt6_deploy_runtime_dependencies)
             set(arg_EXECUTABLE "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         endif()
     elseif(arg_GENERATE_QT_CONF)
-        get_filename_component(exe_dir "${arg_EXECUTABLE}" DIRECTORY)
+        set(exe_dir "${QT_DEPLOY_BIN_DIR}")
         if(exe_dir STREQUAL "" OR exe_dir STREQUAL ".")
             set(exe_dir ".")
             set(prefix  ".")
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index 3d7b911827..aefcc34838 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -2647,7 +2647,7 @@ qt6_deploy_runtime_dependencies(
         qt6_generate_deploy_script(${generate_args}
             CONTENT "
 qt6_deploy_runtime_dependencies(
-    EXECUTABLE \${QT_DEPLOY_BIN_DIR}/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:${arg_TARGET}>
+    EXECUTABLE $<TARGET_FILE:${arg_TARGET}>
     GENERATE_QT_CONF
 )")
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies.qdoc
index 6f950b4020..f199e62594 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies.qdoc
@@ -58,11 +58,10 @@ see \l{qt_deploy_qml_imports()} for that.
 
 The \c{EXECUTABLE} option must be provided.
 
-The \c{executable} argument should be a path to the executable file, relative to
-the base install location. For example, \c{bin/MyApp.exe}, or more dynamically
-\c{\${QT_DEPLOY_BIN_DIR}/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:MyApp>}.
-Specifying raw target names not wrapped in a generator epxression like
-\c{<TARGET_FILE_NAME:>} is not supported.
+The \c{executable} argument should be the path to the executable file in the
+build directory. For example, \c{${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MyApp.exe}, or more
+dynamically \c{$<TARGET_FILE:MyApp>}. Specifying raw target names not wrapped in
+a generator expression like \c{<TARGET_FILE:>} is not supported.
 
 For macOS app bundles, the \c{executable} argument should be a path to the
 bundle directory, relative to the base install location.