diff --git a/src/plugins/bazaar/annotationhighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/bazaar/annotationhighlighter.cpp
index 86220f52662..e059ce23b14 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bazaar/annotationhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/bazaar/annotationhighlighter.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 
 namespace Bazaar::Internal {
 
-BazaarAnnotationHighlighter::BazaarAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                                         QTextDocument *document)
-    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation, document)
+BazaarAnnotationHighlighter::BazaarAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation)
+    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation)
     , m_changeset(QLatin1String(Constants::ANNOTATE_CHANGESET_ID))
 {}
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/bazaar/annotationhighlighter.h b/src/plugins/bazaar/annotationhighlighter.h
index c0a789d6c94..2e72096ff67 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bazaar/annotationhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/bazaar/annotationhighlighter.h
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ namespace Bazaar::Internal {
 class BazaarAnnotationHighlighter : public VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter
 {
 public:
-    explicit BazaarAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                         QTextDocument *document = nullptr);
+    explicit BazaarAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation);
 
 private:
     QString changeNumber(const QString &block) const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/clearcase/annotationhighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/clearcase/annotationhighlighter.cpp
index 25d076b13d0..76d1ce61ed6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clearcase/annotationhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clearcase/annotationhighlighter.cpp
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 
 namespace ClearCase::Internal {
 
-ClearCaseAnnotationHighlighter::ClearCaseAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                                               QTextDocument *document)
-    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation, document)
+ClearCaseAnnotationHighlighter::ClearCaseAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation)
+    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation)
 {}
 
 QString ClearCaseAnnotationHighlighter::changeNumber(const QString &block) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/clearcase/annotationhighlighter.h b/src/plugins/clearcase/annotationhighlighter.h
index 46830ee033f..afa9a9ecb82 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clearcase/annotationhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/clearcase/annotationhighlighter.h
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ class ClearCaseAnnotationHighlighter : public VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit ClearCaseAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                            QTextDocument *document = nullptr);
+    explicit ClearCaseAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation);
 
 private:
     QString changeNumber(const QString &block) const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cvs/cvseditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cvs/cvseditor.cpp
index 85b9e8b7d88..0643b6ec20a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cvs/cvseditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cvs/cvseditor.cpp
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ namespace Cvs::Internal {
 class CvsAnnotationHighlighter : public VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter
 {
 public:
-    explicit CvsAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                      QTextDocument *document = nullptr)
-        : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation, document)
+    explicit CvsAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation)
+        : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation)
     {}
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/plugins/fossil/annotationhighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/fossil/annotationhighlighter.cpp
index bd42e5bfc59..53f9e7a849b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fossil/annotationhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/fossil/annotationhighlighter.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@
 namespace Fossil {
 namespace Internal {
 
-FossilAnnotationHighlighter::FossilAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                                         QTextDocument *document)
-    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation, document)
+FossilAnnotationHighlighter::FossilAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation)
+    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation)
     , m_changesetIdPattern(Constants::CHANGESET_ID)
 {
     QTC_CHECK(m_changesetIdPattern.isValid());
diff --git a/src/plugins/fossil/annotationhighlighter.h b/src/plugins/fossil/annotationhighlighter.h
index fba44146d93..f8751881eb3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fossil/annotationhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/fossil/annotationhighlighter.h
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ namespace Internal {
 class FossilAnnotationHighlighter : public VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter
 {
 public:
-    explicit FossilAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                         QTextDocument *document = nullptr);
+    explicit FossilAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation);
 
 private:
     QString changeNumber(const QString &block) const final;
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/annotationhighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/git/annotationhighlighter.cpp
index c37e349ef39..cfc6a54c96f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/annotationhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/annotationhighlighter.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 namespace Git {
 namespace Internal {
 
-GitAnnotationHighlighter::GitAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                                   QTextDocument *document)
-    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation, document)
+GitAnnotationHighlighter::GitAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation)
+    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation)
 {}
 
 QString GitAnnotationHighlighter::changeNumber(const QString &block) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/annotationhighlighter.h b/src/plugins/git/annotationhighlighter.h
index 33f899f94ca..03da6f8fcc4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/annotationhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/annotationhighlighter.h
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ class GitAnnotationHighlighter : public VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit GitAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                      QTextDocument *document = nullptr);
+    explicit GitAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation);
 
 private:
     QString changeNumber(const QString &block) const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/mercurial/annotationhighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/mercurial/annotationhighlighter.cpp
index 51daa0fc4b7..415876abca4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mercurial/annotationhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mercurial/annotationhighlighter.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 
 namespace Mercurial::Internal {
 
-MercurialAnnotationHighlighter::MercurialAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                                               QTextDocument *document)
-    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation, document)
+MercurialAnnotationHighlighter::MercurialAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation)
+    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation)
     , changeset(QLatin1String(Constants::CHANGESETID12))
 {
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/mercurial/annotationhighlighter.h b/src/plugins/mercurial/annotationhighlighter.h
index f6559d2b229..0d70c87603f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mercurial/annotationhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/mercurial/annotationhighlighter.h
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ namespace Mercurial::Internal {
 class MercurialAnnotationHighlighter : public VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter
 {
 public:
-    explicit MercurialAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                            QTextDocument *document = nullptr);
+    explicit MercurialAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation);
 
 private:
     QString changeNumber(const QString &block) const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/perforce/annotationhighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/perforce/annotationhighlighter.cpp
index 0079747c4ff..f701a286b67 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perforce/annotationhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perforce/annotationhighlighter.cpp
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 
 namespace Perforce::Internal {
 
-PerforceAnnotationHighlighter::PerforceAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                                             QTextDocument *document)
-    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation, document)
+PerforceAnnotationHighlighter::PerforceAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation)
+    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation)
 { }
 
 QString PerforceAnnotationHighlighter::changeNumber(const QString &block) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/perforce/annotationhighlighter.h b/src/plugins/perforce/annotationhighlighter.h
index 511969ffaf6..fa4483355b4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perforce/annotationhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/perforce/annotationhighlighter.h
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ class PerforceAnnotationHighlighter : public VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit PerforceAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                           QTextDocument *document = nullptr);
+    explicit PerforceAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation);
 
 private:
     QString changeNumber(const QString &block) const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/annotationhighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/subversion/annotationhighlighter.cpp
index fc42b989e76..b94cbe9c60c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/annotationhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/annotationhighlighter.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 using namespace Subversion;
 using namespace Subversion::Internal;
 
-SubversionAnnotationHighlighter::SubversionAnnotationHighlighter(
-    const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation, QTextDocument *document)
-    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation, document)
+SubversionAnnotationHighlighter::SubversionAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation)
+    : VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(annotation)
     , m_blank(QLatin1Char(' '))
 {}
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/annotationhighlighter.h b/src/plugins/subversion/annotationhighlighter.h
index 014fc6add86..8da44f42978 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/annotationhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/annotationhighlighter.h
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ class SubversionAnnotationHighlighter : public VcsBase::BaseAnnotationHighlighte
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit SubversionAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation,
-                                             QTextDocument *document = nullptr);
+    explicit SubversionAnnotationHighlighter(const VcsBase::Annotation &annotation);
 
 private:
     QString changeNumber(const QString &block) const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/baseannotationhighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/baseannotationhighlighter.cpp
index 26e44ebd91c..a4fa4bc7f2a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/baseannotationhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/baseannotationhighlighter.cpp
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ QSet<QString> BaseAnnotationHighlighterPrivate::annotationChanges() const
     return changes;
 }
 
-
-BaseAnnotationHighlighter::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(const Annotation &annotation, QTextDocument *document)
-    : TextEditor::SyntaxHighlighter(document)
+BaseAnnotationHighlighter::BaseAnnotationHighlighter(const Annotation &annotation)
+    : TextEditor::SyntaxHighlighter()
     , d(new BaseAnnotationHighlighterPrivate(this))
 {
     setDefaultTextFormatCategories();
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/baseannotationhighlighter.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/baseannotationhighlighter.h
index 7c6f58c9feb..4b29697fe61 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/baseannotationhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/baseannotationhighlighter.h
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ class VCSBASE_EXPORT BaseAnnotationHighlighter : public TextEditor::SyntaxHighli
 public:
     typedef  QSet<QString> ChangeNumbers;
 
-    explicit BaseAnnotationHighlighter(const Annotation &annotation,
-                                       QTextDocument *document = nullptr);
+    explicit BaseAnnotationHighlighter(const Annotation &annotation);
     ~BaseAnnotationHighlighter() override;