diff --git a/src/plugins/effectcomposer/effectcomposermodel.cpp b/src/plugins/effectcomposer/effectcomposermodel.cpp
index e7c9d5e707a..dbf0e53a7b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectcomposer/effectcomposermodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/effectcomposer/effectcomposermodel.cpp
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ void EffectComposerModel::saveResources(const QString &name)
         }
     }
 
-    writeToFile(qmlUtf8, qmlFilePath, FileType::Text);
+    writeToFile(qmlUtf8, qmlFilePath);
     newFileNames.insert(qmlFilename);
 
     // Save shaders and images
@@ -2298,11 +2298,11 @@ void EffectComposerModel::bakeShaders()
 
     setVertexShader(generateVertexShader());
     QString vs = m_vertexShader;
-    writeToFile(vs.toUtf8(), m_vertexSourceFilename, FileType::Text);
+    writeToFile(vs.toUtf8(), m_vertexSourceFilename);
 
     setFragmentShader(generateFragmentShader());
     QString fs = m_fragmentShader;
-    writeToFile(fs.toUtf8(), m_fragmentSourceFilename, FileType::Text);
+    writeToFile(fs.toUtf8(), m_fragmentSourceFilename);
 
     QtSupport::QtVersion *qtVer = QtSupport::QtKitAspect::qtVersion(kit);
     if (!qtVer) {
@@ -2835,8 +2835,7 @@ void EffectComposerModel::addOrUpdateNodeUniform(int idx, const QVariantMap &dat
     startRebakeTimer();
 }
 
-bool EffectComposerModel::writeToFile(
-    const QByteArray &buf, const QString &fileName, [[maybe_unused]] FileType fileType)
+bool EffectComposerModel::writeToFile(const QByteArray &buf, const QString &fileName)
 {
     Utils::FilePath fp = Utils::FilePath::fromString(fileName);
     fp.absolutePath().createDir();
diff --git a/src/plugins/effectcomposer/effectcomposermodel.h b/src/plugins/effectcomposer/effectcomposermodel.h
index ccf211b6f16..c2a3c5877b6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectcomposer/effectcomposermodel.h
+++ b/src/plugins/effectcomposer/effectcomposermodel.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <QAbstractListModel>
 #include <QColor>
-#include <QFileSystemWatcher>
 #include <QMap>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QSet>
@@ -264,12 +263,7 @@ private:
     QList<QUrl> defaultPreviewImages() const;
     QUrl defaultPreviewImage() const;
 
-    enum class FileType
-    {
-        Binary,
-        Text
-    };
-    bool writeToFile(const QByteArray &buf, const QString &filename, FileType fileType);
+    bool writeToFile(const QByteArray &buf, const QString &filename);
 
     QList<CompositionNode *> m_nodes;
     QPointer<EffectComposerNodesModel> m_effectComposerNodesModel;
@@ -303,7 +297,6 @@ private:
     // Used in preview QML, at ShaderEffect component of the file
     QString m_previewEffectPropertiesString;
     QString m_qmlComponentString;
-    bool m_loadComponentImages = true;
     bool m_isEnabled = true;
     bool m_hasValidTarget = false;
     QString m_currentComposition;