diff --git a/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/clangpchmanagerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/clangpchmanagerplugin.cpp
index 8f7ea722426..7d564399b65 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/clangpchmanagerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/clangpchmanagerplugin.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ QString backendProcessPath()
 class ClangPchManagerPluginData
 {
 public:
-    Sqlite::Database database{Utils::PathString{Core::ICore::userResourcePath() + "/symbol-experimental-v1.db"}, 1000ms};
+    Sqlite::Database database{Utils::PathString{Core::ICore::cacheResourcePath()
+                                                + "/symbol-experimental-v1.db"},
+                              1000ms};
     ClangBackEnd::RefactoringDatabaseInitializer<Sqlite::Database> databaseInitializer{database};
     ClangBackEnd::FilePathCaching filePathCache{database};
     ClangPchManager::ProgressManager pchCreationProgressManager{[](QFutureInterface<void> &promise) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/pchmanagerconnectionclient.cpp b/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/pchmanagerconnectionclient.cpp
index 6db0db09745..a8e7e7a2ef4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/pchmanagerconnectionclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/pchmanagerconnectionclient.cpp
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ ClangPchManager::PchManagerConnectionClient::PchManagerConnectionClient(
 {
     m_processCreator.setTemporaryDirectoryPattern("clangpchmanagerbackend-XXXXXX");
 
-    QDir pchsDirectory(Core::ICore::userResourcePath());
+    QDir pchsDirectory(Core::ICore::cacheResourcePath());
     pchsDirectory.mkdir("pchs");
     pchsDirectory.cd("pchs");
     m_processCreator.setArguments({connectionName(),
-                                   Core::ICore::userResourcePath() + "/symbol-experimental-v1.db",
+                                   Core::ICore::cacheResourcePath() + "/symbol-experimental-v1.db",
                                    pchsDirectory.absolutePath()});
 
     stdErrPrefixer().setPrefix("PchManagerConnectionClient.stderr: ");
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangrefactoring/clangrefactoringplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/clangrefactoring/clangrefactoringplugin.cpp
index 917823152e3..ea765bed5f8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangrefactoring/clangrefactoringplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangrefactoring/clangrefactoringplugin.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ class ClangRefactoringPluginData
 public:
     using QuerySqliteReadStatementFactory = QuerySqliteStatementFactory<Sqlite::Database,
                                                                         Sqlite::ReadStatement>;
-    Sqlite::Database database{Utils::PathString{Core::ICore::userResourcePath() + "/symbol-experimental-v1.db"}, 1000ms};
+    Sqlite::Database database{Utils::PathString{Core::ICore::cacheResourcePath()
+                                                + "/symbol-experimental-v1.db"},
+                              1000ms};
     ClangBackEnd::RefactoringDatabaseInitializer<Sqlite::Database> databaseInitializer{database};
     ClangBackEnd::FilePathCaching filePathCache{database};
     ClangPchManager::ProgressManager progressManager{
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangrefactoring/refactoringconnectionclient.cpp b/src/plugins/clangrefactoring/refactoringconnectionclient.cpp
index ff66ec20cbf..a42ed38a161 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangrefactoring/refactoringconnectionclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangrefactoring/refactoringconnectionclient.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ RefactoringConnectionClient::RefactoringConnectionClient(RefactoringClientInterf
     , m_serverProxy(client)
 {
     m_processCreator.setTemporaryDirectoryPattern("clangrefactoringbackend-XXXXXX");
-    m_processCreator.setArguments({connectionName(),
-                                   Core::ICore::userResourcePath() + "/symbol-experimental-v1.db"});
+    m_processCreator.setArguments(
+        {connectionName(), Core::ICore::cacheResourcePath() + "/symbol-experimental-v1.db"});
 
     stdErrPrefixer().setPrefix("RefactoringConnectionClient.stderr: ");
     stdOutPrefixer().setPrefix("RefactoringConnectionClient.stdout: ");
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.cpp
index f16f4369bb2..9cb23af6562 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 #include <QSysInfo>
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
 
 /*!
     \namespace Core
@@ -439,6 +440,11 @@ QString ICore::userResourcePath()
     return urp;
 }
 
+QString ICore::cacheResourcePath()
+{
+    return QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation);
+}
+
 QString ICore::installerResourcePath()
 {
     return QFileInfo(settings(QSettings::SystemScope)->fileName()).path() + '/'
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.h
index 80e387658f4..5125345cffd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ public:
 
     static QString resourcePath();
     static QString userResourcePath();
+    static QString cacheResourcePath();
     static QString installerResourcePath();
     static QString libexecPath();
     static QString clangExecutable(const QString &clangBinDirectory);
diff --git a/tests/unit/mockup/coreplugin/icore.h b/tests/unit/mockup/coreplugin/icore.h
index cfec03f999a..579fbc3b56f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/mockup/coreplugin/icore.h
+++ b/tests/unit/mockup/coreplugin/icore.h
@@ -6,5 +6,11 @@ inline static QString userResourcePath()
 {
      return QDir::tempPath();
 }
+
+inline static QString cacheResourcePath()
+{
+    return QDir::tempPath();
+}
+
 } // namespace ICore
 } // namespace Core