diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodetreebuilder.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodetreebuilder.cpp
index 696c8465ca8..a302b4db08d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodetreebuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodetreebuilder.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static void createTree(const QmakePriFile *pri, QmakePriFileNode *node, const Fi
                         int eid = vfs->idForFileName(file.toString(), QMakeVfs::VfsExact);
                         vfs->readFile(eid, &contents, &errorMessage);
                     }
-                    vfolder->addNode(std::make_unique<ResourceEditor::ResourceTopLevelNode>(file, false, contents, vfolder.get()));
+                    vfolder->addNode(std::make_unique<ResourceEditor::ResourceTopLevelNode>(file, contents, vfolder.get()));
                 }
             } else {
                 for (const FileName &fn : newFilePaths) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp
index 4c7efeca47f..c7de69cb630 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourceeditorplugin.cpp
@@ -217,8 +217,9 @@ void ResourceEditorPlugin::extensionsInitialized()
             FolderNode *const pn = file->parentFolderNode();
             QTC_ASSERT(pn, continue);
             const Utils::FileName path = file->filePath();
-            pn->replaceSubtree(file, std::make_unique<ResourceTopLevelNode>(path, file->isGenerated(),
-                                                                            QString(), pn));
+            auto topLevel = std::make_unique<ResourceTopLevelNode>(path, QString(), pn);
+            topLevel->setIsGenerated(file->isGenerated());
+            pn->replaceSubtree(file, std::move(topLevel));
         }
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
index ee2099bbc02..5631d9b630a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public:
         FolderNode *parent = m_node->parentFolderNode();
         QTC_ASSERT(parent, return false);
         parent->replaceSubtree(m_node, std::make_unique<ResourceTopLevelNode>(
-                                   m_node->filePath(), false, m_node->contents(), parent));
+                                   m_node->filePath(), m_node->contents(), parent));
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -264,11 +264,10 @@ bool SimpleResourceFolderNode::renameFile(const QString &filePath, const QString
 
 } // Internal
 
-ResourceTopLevelNode::ResourceTopLevelNode(const FileName &filePath, bool generated,
+ResourceTopLevelNode::ResourceTopLevelNode(const FileName &filePath,
                                            const QString &contents, FolderNode *parent)
     : FolderNode(filePath)
 {
-    setIsGenerated(generated);
     setIcon(FileIconProvider::icon(filePath.toString()));
     setPriority(Node::DefaultFilePriority);
     setListInProject(true);
diff --git a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
index 38175c322de..edfd4cb8d03 100644
--- a/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/resourceeditor/resourcenode.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Internal { class ResourceFileWatcher; }
 class RESOURCE_EXPORT ResourceTopLevelNode : public ProjectExplorer::FolderNode
 {
 public:
-    ResourceTopLevelNode(const Utils::FileName &filePath, bool generated,
+    ResourceTopLevelNode(const Utils::FileName &filePath,
                          const QString &contents, FolderNode *parent);
     ~ResourceTopLevelNode() override;