diff --git a/src/plugins/copilot/copilotclient.cpp b/src/plugins/copilot/copilotclient.cpp
index 06f127e645f..baf902c15fa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/copilot/copilotclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/copilot/copilotclient.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "copilotclient.h"
 
-#include "copilotsettings.h"
-
 #include <languageclient/languageclientinterface.h>
 #include <languageclient/languageclientmanager.h>
 #include <languageclient/languageclientsettings.h>
@@ -35,13 +33,6 @@ static LanguageClient::BaseClientInterface *clientInterface(const FilePath &node
     return interface;
 }
 
-static CopilotClient *currentInstance = nullptr;
-
-CopilotClient *CopilotClient::instance()
-{
-    return currentInstance;
-}
-
 CopilotClient::CopilotClient(const FilePath &nodePath, const FilePath &distPath)
     : LanguageClient::Client(clientInterface(nodePath, distPath))
 {
@@ -69,7 +60,6 @@ CopilotClient::CopilotClient(const FilePath &nodePath, const FilePath &distPath)
 
     for (Core::IDocument *doc : Core::DocumentModel::openedDocuments())
         openDoc(doc);
-    currentInstance = this;
 }
 
 void CopilotClient::openDocument(TextDocument *document)
diff --git a/src/plugins/copilot/copilotclient.h b/src/plugins/copilot/copilotclient.h
index 42989e93f77..5111e04e1df 100644
--- a/src/plugins/copilot/copilotclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/copilot/copilotclient.h
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ class CopilotClient : public LanguageClient::Client
 public:
     explicit CopilotClient(const Utils::FilePath &nodePath, const Utils::FilePath &distPath);
 
-    static CopilotClient *instance();
-
     void openDocument(TextEditor::TextDocument *document) override;
 
     void scheduleRequest(TextEditor::TextEditorWidget *editor);