diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppbuiltinmodelmanagersupport.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppbuiltinmodelmanagersupport.cpp
index 5788947ba98..0133292703d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppbuiltinmodelmanagersupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppbuiltinmodelmanagersupport.cpp
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ private:
         }
         const FilePath filePath = editorWidget->textDocument()->filePath();
         const QStringList fallback = identifierWordsUnderCursor(tc);
-        if (evaluator.identifiedCppElement()) {
-            const std::shared_ptr<CppElement> &cppElement = evaluator.cppElement();
+        const std::shared_ptr<CppElement> &cppElement = evaluator.cppElement();
+        if (cppElement) {
             const QStringList candidates = cppElement->helpIdCandidates;
             const HelpItem helpItem(candidates + fallback,
                                     filePath,
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppelementevaluator.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppelementevaluator.cpp
index bb0ee710993..df2ee98c2ac 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppelementevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppelementevaluator.cpp
@@ -672,11 +672,6 @@ void CppElementEvaluator::execute()
     exec(std::ref(d->m_functor), std::bind(&FromGuiFunctor::syncExec, &d->m_functor, _1, _2, _3), false);
 }
 
-bool CppElementEvaluator::identifiedCppElement() const
-{
-    return bool(d->m_functor.m_element);
-}
-
 const std::shared_ptr<CppElement> &CppElementEvaluator::cppElement() const
 {
     return d->m_functor.m_element;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppelementevaluator.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppelementevaluator.h
index af6d9cc07b3..568ff8a509d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppelementevaluator.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppelementevaluator.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ public:
     static QFuture<std::shared_ptr<CppElement>> asyncExecute(TextEditor::TextEditorWidget *editor);
     static QFuture<std::shared_ptr<CppElement>> asyncExecute(const QString &expression,
                                                             const Utils::FilePath &filePath);
-    bool identifiedCppElement() const;
     const std::shared_ptr<CppElement> &cppElement() const;
     bool hasDiagnosis() const;
     const QString &diagnosis() const;