diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/servermodereader.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/servermodereader.cpp
index 796ec73886f..874c8f4f74c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/servermodereader.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/servermodereader.cpp
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ void ServerModeReader::addHeaderNodes(ProjectNode *root, const QList<FileNode *>
         const int count = seenHeaders.count();
         seenHeaders.insert(fn->filePath());
         if (seenHeaders.count() != count) {
-            auto node = new FileNode(*fn);
+            auto node = fn->clone();
             node->setEnabled(false);
             headerNode->addNestedNode(node);
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/tealeafreader.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/tealeafreader.cpp
index b41176d1ed1..f4769fe0ceb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/tealeafreader.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/tealeafreader.cpp
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ void TeaLeafReader::generateProjectTree(CMakeProjectNode *root, const QList<cons
         return Utils::contains(allIncludePaths, [fn](const FileName &inc) { return fn->filePath().isChildOf(inc); });
     });
 
-    QList<FileNode *> fileNodes = m_files + Utils::transform(missingHeaders, [](const FileNode *fn) { return new FileNode(*fn); });
+    QList<FileNode *> fileNodes = m_files + Utils::transform(missingHeaders, [](const FileNode *fn) { return fn->clone(); });
 
     root->addNestedNodes(fileNodes, m_parameters.sourceDirectory);
     m_files.clear(); // Some of the FileNodes in files() were deleted!
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
index c12342b2d6e..1a1416ef672 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.cpp
@@ -287,6 +287,14 @@ FileNode::FileNode(const Utils::FileName &filePath,
         setPriority(DefaultFilePriority);
 }
 
+FileNode *FileNode::clone() const
+{
+    auto fn = new FileNode(filePath(), fileType(), isGenerated(), line());
+    fn->setEnabled(isEnabled());
+    fn->setPriority(priority());
+    return fn;
+}
+
 FileType FileNode::fileType() const
 {
     return m_fileType;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
index d82c02f53cb..5974e33ae80 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectnodes.h
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT FileNode : public Node
 {
 public:
     FileNode(const Utils::FileName &filePath, const FileType fileType, bool generated, int line = -1);
-    FileNode(const FileNode &other) : FileNode(other.filePath(), other.fileType(), true) {}
+
+    FileNode *clone() const;
 
     FileType fileType() const;
     bool isGenerated() const;