diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
index 7460024e225..5f6a854da35 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
@@ -353,8 +353,7 @@ void VcsBaseClient::annotate(const Utils::FilePath &workingDir, const QString &f
     enqueueJob(cmd, args);
 }
 
-void VcsBaseClient::diff(const FilePath &workingDir, const QStringList &files,
-                         const QStringList &extraOptions)
+void VcsBaseClient::diff(const FilePath &workingDir, const QStringList &files)
 {
     const QString vcsCmdString = vcsCommandString(DiffCommand);
     const Id kind = vcsEditorKind(DiffCommand);
@@ -371,12 +370,11 @@ void VcsBaseClient::diff(const FilePath &workingDir, const QStringList &files,
         if (m_diffConfigCreator)
             paramWidget = m_diffConfigCreator(editor->toolBar());
         if (paramWidget) {
-            paramWidget->setBaseArguments(extraOptions);
             // editor has been just created, createVcsEditor() didn't set a configuration widget yet
             connect(editor, &VcsBaseEditorWidget::diffChunkReverted,
                     paramWidget, &VcsBaseEditorConfig::executeCommand);
             connect(paramWidget, &VcsBaseEditorConfig::commandExecutionRequested,
-                    this, [=] { diff(workingDir, files, extraOptions); });
+                    this, [this, workingDir, files] { diff(workingDir, files); });
             editor->setEditorConfig(paramWidget);
         }
     }
@@ -384,8 +382,6 @@ void VcsBaseClient::diff(const FilePath &workingDir, const QStringList &files,
     QStringList args = {vcsCmdString};
     if (paramWidget)
         args << paramWidget->arguments();
-    else
-        args << extraOptions;
     args << files;
     QTextCodec *codec = source.isEmpty() ? static_cast<QTextCodec *>(nullptr)
                                          : VcsBaseEditor::getCodec(source);
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
index 61b180311a2..9f5f9841f19 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ public:
     void annotate(const Utils::FilePath &workingDir, const QString &file,
                   int lineNumber = -1, const QString &revision = {},
                   const QStringList &extraOptions = {}, int firstLine = -1) override;
-    void diff(const Utils::FilePath &workingDir,
-              const QStringList &files = {},
-              const QStringList &extraOptions = {});
+    void diff(const Utils::FilePath &workingDir, const QStringList &files = {});
     virtual void log(const Utils::FilePath &workingDir,
                      const QStringList &files = {},
                      const QStringList &extraOptions = {},