diff --git a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.cpp b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.cpp
index 6dce6ed9fc2..dcffa6ae3e8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 #include <utils/runextensions.h>
 
 #include <QFileDialog>
-#include <QTimer>
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
 #include <Windows.h>
@@ -339,20 +338,15 @@ void createTree(std::unique_ptr<ProjectNode> &root,
 CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem::CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem(Target *target)
     : BuildSystem(target)
     , m_cppCodeModelUpdater(std::make_unique<CppTools::CppProjectUpdater>())
-    , m_parseDelay(new QTimer(this))
     , m_deployFileWatcher(new FileSystemWatcher(this))
 {
     connect(target->project(), &CompilationDatabaseProject::rootProjectDirectoryChanged,
             this, [this] {
         m_projectFileHash.clear();
-        m_parseDelay->start();
+        requestDelayedParse();
     });
 
-    connect(m_parseDelay, &QTimer::timeout, this, &CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem::reparseProject);
-
-    m_parseDelay->setSingleShot(true);
-    m_parseDelay->setInterval(1000);
-    m_parseDelay->start();
+    requestDelayedParse();
 
     connect(project(), &Project::projectFileIsDirty, this, &CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem::reparseProject);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.h b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.h
index 34eec1d5786..bb98f5213e9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.h
+++ b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.h
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 
 #include <QFutureWatcher>
 
-QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-class QTimer;
-QT_END_NAMESPACE
-
 namespace CppTools { class CppProjectUpdater; }
 namespace ProjectExplorer { class Kit; }
 namespace Utils { class FileSystemWatcher; }
@@ -77,7 +73,6 @@ public:
     std::unique_ptr<CppTools::CppProjectUpdater> m_cppCodeModelUpdater;
     MimeBinaryCache m_mimeBinaryCache;
     QByteArray m_projectFileHash;
-    QTimer * const m_parseDelay;
     CompilationDbParser *m_parser = nullptr;
     Utils::FileSystemWatcher * const m_deployFileWatcher;
 };