diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.cpp
index 145bbb5d6a3..eb10a113bcc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.cpp
@@ -174,29 +174,6 @@ QString CMakeManager::mimeType() const
     return QLatin1String(Constants::CMAKEPROJECTMIMETYPE);
 }
 
-// need to refactor this out
-// we probably want the process instead of this function
-// cmakeproject then could even run the cmake process in the background, adding the files afterwards
-// sounds like a plan
-void CMakeManager::createXmlFile(Utils::QtcProcess *proc, const QString &executable,
-                                 const QString &arguments, const QString &sourceDirectory,
-                                 const QDir &buildDirectory, const Utils::Environment &env)
-{
-    QString buildDirectoryPath = buildDirectory.absolutePath();
-    buildDirectory.mkpath(buildDirectoryPath);
-    proc->setWorkingDirectory(buildDirectoryPath);
-    proc->setEnvironment(env);
-
-    const QString srcdir = buildDirectory.exists(QLatin1String("CMakeCache.txt")) ?
-                QString(QLatin1Char('.')) : sourceDirectory;
-    QString args;
-    Utils::QtcProcess::addArg(&args, srcdir);
-    Utils::QtcProcess::addArgs(&args, arguments);
-
-    proc->setCommand(executable, args);
-    proc->start();
-}
-
 QString CMakeManager::findCbpFile(const QDir &directory)
 {
     // Find the cbp file
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.h b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.h
index 0fa0b6f4586..9a666d96f02 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.h
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ class QAction;
 class QDir;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
-namespace ProjectExplorer { class Node; }
-namespace Utils {
-class Environment;
-class QtcProcess;
-} // namespace Utils
-
 namespace CMakeProjectManager {
 namespace Internal {
 
@@ -52,9 +46,6 @@ public:
     ProjectExplorer::Project *openProject(const QString &fileName, QString *errorString) override;
     QString mimeType() const override;
 
-    static void createXmlFile(Utils::QtcProcess *process, const QString &executable,
-                              const QString &arguments, const QString &sourceDirectory,
-                              const QDir &buildDirectory, const Utils::Environment &env);
     static QString findCbpFile(const QDir &);
 
 private: