diff --git a/ms-windows/osgeo4w/designer.bat.tmpl b/ms-windows/osgeo4w/designer.bat.tmpl
index c1ba28fbc2e7..9e8ea8554012 100644
--- a/ms-windows/osgeo4w/designer.bat.tmpl
+++ b/ms-windows/osgeo4w/designer.bat.tmpl
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ call "%~dp0\qt5_env.bat"
 path %OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\@package@\bin;%PATH%
 set QGIS_PREFIX_PATH=%OSGEO4W_ROOT:\=/%/apps/@package@
 set QT_PLUGIN_PATH=%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\@package@\qtplugins;%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\qt5\plugins
-start "Qt Designer with QGIS custom widgets" /B "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%"\bin\designer.exe %*
+start "Qt Designer with QGIS custom widgets" /B designer.exe %*