diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimtoolchainfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimtoolchainfactory.cpp
index 5fc94c49261..69293f18af9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimtoolchainfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimtoolchainfactory.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ QList<ToolChain *> NimToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &alr
     return result;
 }
 
-QList<ToolChain *> NimToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
+QList<ToolChain *> NimToolChainFactory::detectForImport(const FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
 {
     QList<ToolChain *> result;
     if (language == Constants::C_NIMLANGUAGE_ID) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimtoolchainfactory.h b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimtoolchainfactory.h
index 70a49cbb371..af5a7a90c06 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimtoolchainfactory.h
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimtoolchainfactory.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public:
     NimToolChainFactory();
 
     QList<ProjectExplorer::ToolChain *> autoDetect(const QList<ProjectExplorer::ToolChain *> &alreadyKnown) final;
-    QList<ProjectExplorer::ToolChain *> autoDetect(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language) final;
+    QList<ProjectExplorer::ToolChain *> detectForImport(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language) final;
 };
 
 class NimToolChainConfigWidget : public ProjectExplorer::ToolChainConfigWidget
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
index 9a1f126591b..fadedc3a927 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ QList<ToolChain *> GccToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &alr
     return tcs;
 }
 
-QList<ToolChain *> GccToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
+QList<ToolChain *> GccToolChainFactory::detectForImport(const FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
 {
     const QString fileName = compilerPath.fileName();
     if ((language == Constants::C_LANGUAGE_ID && (fileName.startsWith("gcc")
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ QList<ToolChain *> ClangToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &a
     return tcs;
 }
 
-QList<ToolChain *> ClangToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
+QList<ToolChain *> ClangToolChainFactory::detectForImport(const FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
 {
     const QString fileName = compilerPath.fileName();
     if ((language == Constants::C_LANGUAGE_ID && fileName.startsWith("clang") && !fileName.startsWith("clang++"))
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ QList<ToolChain *> MingwToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &a
     return result;
 }
 
-QList<ToolChain *> MingwToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
+QList<ToolChain *> MingwToolChainFactory::detectForImport(const FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
 {
     const QString fileName = compilerPath.fileName();
     if ((language == Constants::C_LANGUAGE_ID && (fileName.startsWith("gcc")
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ QList<ToolChain *> LinuxIccToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *>
     return result;
 }
 
-QList<ToolChain *> LinuxIccToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
+QList<ToolChain *> LinuxIccToolChainFactory::detectForImport(const FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
 {
     const QString fileName = compilerPath.fileName();
     if ((language == Constants::CXX_LANGUAGE_ID && fileName.startsWith("icpc")) ||
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchainfactories.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchainfactories.h
index e33ebcaa03c..6d3a75ca3b8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchainfactories.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchainfactories.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public:
     GccToolChainFactory();
 
     QList<ToolChain *> autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &alreadyKnown) override;
-    QList<ToolChain *> autoDetect(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language) override;
+    QList<ToolChain *> detectForImport(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language) override;
 
 protected:
     enum class DetectVariants { Yes, No };
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public:
     ClangToolChainFactory();
 
     QList<ToolChain *> autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &alreadyKnown) override;
-    QList<ToolChain *> autoDetect(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language) final;
+    QList<ToolChain *> detectForImport(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language) final;
 };
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public:
     MingwToolChainFactory();
 
     QList<ToolChain *> autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &alreadyKnown) override;
-    QList<ToolChain *> autoDetect(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language) final;
+    QList<ToolChain *> detectForImport(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language) final;
 };
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public:
     LinuxIccToolChainFactory();
 
     QList<ToolChain *> autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &alreadyKnown) override;
-    QList<ToolChain *> autoDetect(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language) final;
+    QList<ToolChain *> detectForImport(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language) final;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectimporter.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectimporter.cpp
index 4d32dba9d62..4b5717f146d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectimporter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectimporter.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ createToolChains(const Utils::FilePath &toolChainPath, const Core::Id &language)
     ProjectImporter::ToolChainData data;
 
     for (ToolChainFactory *factory : ToolChainFactory::allToolChainFactories()) {
-        data.tcs = factory->autoDetect(toolChainPath, language);
+        data.tcs = factory->detectForImport(toolChainPath, language);
         if (data.tcs.isEmpty())
             continue;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.cpp
index 5dae6cfac3f..b76c2470501 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.cpp
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ QList<ToolChain *> ToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &alread
     return QList<ToolChain *>();
 }
 
-QList<ToolChain *> ToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
+QList<ToolChain *> ToolChainFactory::detectForImport(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(compilerPath);
     Q_UNUSED(language);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
index fa14b4f127b..512c77fe16e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public:
     Core::Id supportedToolChainType() const;
 
     virtual QList<ToolChain *> autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &alreadyKnown);
-    virtual QList<ToolChain *> autoDetect(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language);
+    virtual QList<ToolChain *> detectForImport(const Utils::FilePath &compilerPath, const Core::Id &language);
 
     virtual bool canCreate() const;
     virtual ToolChain *create();