diff --git a/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/clangpchmanagerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/clangpchmanagerplugin.cpp
index 5817db90344..ee800ad944a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/clangpchmanagerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangpchmanager/clangpchmanagerplugin.cpp
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ public:
     PrecompiledHeaderStorage<> preCompiledHeaderStorage{database};
     PchManagerClient pchManagerClient{preCompiledHeaderStorage};
     PchManagerConnectionClient connectionClient{&pchManagerClient};
-    QtCreatorProjectUpdater<PchManagerProjectUpdater> projectUpdate{connectionClient.serverProxy(),
-                                                                    pchManagerClient,
-                                                                    filePathCache};
 };
 
 std::unique_ptr<ClangPchManagerPluginData> ClangPchManagerPlugin::d;