diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp
index 5388b6d5522..7bb85d9acca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp
@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ void QmlTaskManager::updateSemanticMessagesNow()
 
 void QmlTaskManager::updateMessagesNow(bool updateSemantic)
 {
-    // clear out the qmllint warnings when qmlls was disabled after being enabled
-    TaskHub::clearTasks(ProjectExplorer::Constants::TASK_CATEGORY_COMPILE);
-
     // don't restart a small update if a big one is running
     if (!updateSemantic && m_updatingSemantic)
         return;