diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
index 8236553abce..81d0c473c4a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ extend_qtc_plugin(QmlDesigner
     filestatuscache.cpp filestatuscache.h
     nonlockingmutex.h
     projectstorageinterface.h
-    projectstorage.h
+    projectstorage.cpp projectstorage.h
     projectstoragepathwatcher.h
     projectstoragepathwatcherinterface.h
     projectstoragepathwatchernotifierinterface.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorage.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorage.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe9e228d26c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorage.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+** General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation with exceptions as appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
+** included in the packaging of this file. Please review the following
+** information to ensure the GNU General Public License requirements will
+** be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "projectstorage.h"
+
+#include <sqlitedatabase.h>
+
+template class QmlDesigner::ProjectStorage<Sqlite::Database>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorage.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorage.h
index d35af311469..18e75be71ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorage.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorage.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "storagecache.h"
 
 #include <sqlitealgorithms.h>
+#include <sqlitedatabase.h>
 #include <sqlitetable.h>
 #include <sqlitetransaction.h>
 
@@ -828,29 +829,6 @@ private:
                                                                                       &typeId);
     }
 
-    void prepareLinkingOfAliasPropertiesDeclarationsWithAliasId(
-        PropertyDeclarationId aliasId, AliasPropertyDeclarations &relinkableAliasPropertyDeclarations)
-    {
-        auto callback = [&](long long propertyDeclarationId,
-                            long long propertyImportedTypeNameId,
-                            long long aliasPropertyDeclarationId) {
-            auto aliasPropertyName = selectPropertyNameStatement.template value<Utils::SmallString>(
-                aliasPropertyDeclarationId);
-
-            relinkableAliasPropertyDeclarations
-                .emplace_back(PropertyDeclarationId{propertyDeclarationId},
-                              ImportedTypeNameId{propertyImportedTypeNameId},
-                              std::move(aliasPropertyName));
-
-            updateAliasPropertyDeclarationToNullStatement.write(propertyDeclarationId);
-
-            return Sqlite::CallbackControl::Continue;
-        };
-
-        selectAliasPropertiesDeclarationForPropertiesWithAliasIdStatement.readCallback(callback,
-                                                                                       &aliasId);
-    }
-
     void handlePropertyDeclarationWithPropertyType(TypeId typeId,
                                                    PropertyDeclarations &relinkablePropertyDeclarations)
     {
@@ -2870,5 +2848,5 @@ public:
         "FROM imports",
         database};
 };
-
+extern template class ProjectStorage<Sqlite::Database>;
 } // namespace QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
index 63bf488894c..6c3205ced8c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ Project {
                 "filesystem.h",
                 "filesysteminterface.h",
                 "nonlockingmutex.h",
+                "projectstorage.cpp",
                 "projectstorage.h",
                 "projectstorageinterface.h",
                 "projectstoragepathwatcher.h",
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/unit/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
index 41f3764e30a..dba3c3678fd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ extend_qtc_test(unittest
     projectstorage/filestatuscache.cpp projectstorage/filestatuscache.h
     projectstorage/nonlockingmutex.h
     projectstorage/projectstorageinterface.h
-    projectstorage/projectstorage.h
+    projectstorage/projectstorage.cpp projectstorage/projectstorage.h
     projectstorage/projectstoragepathwatcher.h
     projectstorage/projectstoragepathwatcherinterface.h
     projectstorage/projectstoragepathwatchernotifierinterface.h