diff --git a/src/plugins/android/javalanguageserver.cpp b/src/plugins/android/javalanguageserver.cpp
index 6ed0c983622..ca77497c17e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/javalanguageserver.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/javalanguageserver.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ private:
     TemporaryDirectory m_workspaceDir = TemporaryDirectory("QtCreator-jls-XXXXXX");
 };
 
-LanguageClient::BaseClientInterface *JLSSettings::createInterface() const
+LanguageClient::BaseClientInterface *JLSSettings::createInterface(ProjectExplorer::Project *) const
 {
     auto interface = new JLSInterface();
     CommandLine cmd{m_executable, arguments(), CommandLine::Raw};
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/javalanguageserver.h b/src/plugins/android/javalanguageserver.h
index 1727da74a41..c2ef687cd64 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/javalanguageserver.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/javalanguageserver.h
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ public:
     void fromMap(const QVariantMap &map) final;
     LanguageClient::BaseSettings *copy() const final;
     LanguageClient::Client *createClient(LanguageClient::BaseClientInterface *interface) const final;
-    LanguageClient::BaseClientInterface *createInterface() const final;
+    LanguageClient::BaseClientInterface *createInterface(
+        ProjectExplorer::Project *project) const final;
 
     Utils::FilePath m_languageServer;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsettings.cpp
index bf4c3b9917e..020d1c938da 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsettings.cpp
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ Client *BaseSettings::createClient(ProjectExplorer::Project *project) const
 {
     if (!isValid() || !m_enabled)
         return nullptr;
-    BaseClientInterface *interface = createInterfaceWithProject(project);
+    BaseClientInterface *interface = createInterface(project);
     QTC_ASSERT(interface, return nullptr);
     auto *client = createClient(interface);
     client->setName(Utils::globalMacroExpander()->expand(m_name));
@@ -592,6 +592,11 @@ Client *BaseSettings::createClient(ProjectExplorer::Project *project) const
     return client;
 }
 
+BaseClientInterface *BaseSettings::createInterface(ProjectExplorer::Project *) const
+{
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
 Client *BaseSettings::createClient(BaseClientInterface *interface) const
 {
     return new Client(interface);
@@ -772,7 +777,7 @@ Utils::CommandLine StdIOSettings::command() const
     return Utils::CommandLine(m_executable, arguments(), Utils::CommandLine::Raw);
 }
 
-BaseClientInterface *StdIOSettings::createInterfaceWithProject(ProjectExplorer::Project *project) const
+BaseClientInterface *StdIOSettings::createInterface(ProjectExplorer::Project *project) const
 {
     auto interface = new StdIOClientInterface;
     interface->setCommandLine(command());
diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsettings.h b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsettings.h
index b7ff578237f..c9a93414914 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsettings.h
@@ -105,13 +105,8 @@ public:
     virtual void fromMap(const QVariantMap &map);
 
 protected:
-    // TODO: remove in Qt Creator 6 and rename createInterfaceWithProject back to it
-    virtual BaseClientInterface *createInterface() const { return nullptr; }
+    virtual BaseClientInterface *createInterface(ProjectExplorer::Project *) const;
     virtual Client *createClient(BaseClientInterface *interface) const;
-    virtual BaseClientInterface *createInterfaceWithProject(ProjectExplorer::Project *) const
-    {
-        return createInterface();
-    }
 
     BaseSettings(const BaseSettings &other) = default;
     BaseSettings(BaseSettings &&other) = default;
@@ -141,7 +136,7 @@ public:
     Utils::CommandLine command() const;
 
 protected:
-    BaseClientInterface *createInterfaceWithProject(ProjectExplorer::Project *project) const override;
+    BaseClientInterface *createInterface(ProjectExplorer::Project *project) const override;
 
     StdIOSettings(const StdIOSettings &other) = default;
     StdIOSettings(StdIOSettings &&other) = default;
diff --git a/src/plugins/python/pythonlanguageclient.cpp b/src/plugins/python/pythonlanguageclient.cpp
index ddab091bf67..f40cc8689c6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/python/pythonlanguageclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/python/pythonlanguageclient.cpp
@@ -480,8 +480,7 @@ public:
     TemporaryDirectory m_extraPythonPath;
 };
 
-BaseClientInterface *PyLSSettings::createInterfaceWithProject(
-    ProjectExplorer::Project *project) const
+BaseClientInterface *PyLSSettings::createInterface(ProjectExplorer::Project *project) const
 {
     auto interface = new PyLSInterface;
     interface->setCommandLine(command());
diff --git a/src/plugins/python/pythonlanguageclient.h b/src/plugins/python/pythonlanguageclient.h
index 42319377412..a66e96fcdfc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/python/pythonlanguageclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/python/pythonlanguageclient.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public:
     LanguageClient::Client *createClient(LanguageClient::BaseClientInterface *interface) const final;
 
 private:
-    LanguageClient::BaseClientInterface *createInterfaceWithProject(
+    LanguageClient::BaseClientInterface *createInterface(
         ProjectExplorer::Project *project) const override;
 
     static QJsonObject defaultConfiguration();