diff --git a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevicedebugsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevicedebugsupport.cpp
index f8c7d07355e..f00f72fb424 100644
--- a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevicedebugsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevicedebugsupport.cpp
@@ -202,9 +202,6 @@ class QdbDevicePerfProfilerSupport final : public RunWorker
 {
 public:
     explicit QdbDevicePerfProfilerSupport(RunControl *runControl);
-
-private:
-    void start() override;
 };
 
 QdbDevicePerfProfilerSupport::QdbDevicePerfProfilerSupport(RunControl *runControl)
@@ -218,13 +215,6 @@ QdbDevicePerfProfilerSupport::QdbDevicePerfProfilerSupport(RunControl *runContro
     addStopDependency(profilee);
 }
 
-void QdbDevicePerfProfilerSupport::start()
-{
-    QTC_ASSERT(usesPerfChannel(), reportFailure({}));
-    runControl()->setProperty("PerfConnection", perfChannel());
-    reportStarted();
-}
-
 // Factories
 
 class QdbRunWorkerFactory final : public RunWorkerFactory
diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
index a0927260c14..aa95756707b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace PerfProfiler::Internal {
 class PerfParserWorker final : public RunWorker
 {
 public:
-    PerfParserWorker(RunControl *runControl)
+    explicit PerfParserWorker(RunControl *runControl)
         : RunWorker(runControl)
     {
         setId("PerfParser");
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ public:
     {
         CommandLine cmd{findPerfParser()};
         m_reader.addTargetArguments(&cmd, runControl());
-        QUrl url = runControl()->property("PerfConnection").toUrl();
-        if (url.isValid()) {
+        if (usesPerfChannel()) { // The channel is only used with qdb currently.
+            const QUrl url = perfChannel();
+            QTC_CHECK(url.isValid());
             cmd.addArgs({"--host", url.host(), "--port", QString::number(url.port())});
         }
         appendMessage("PerfParser args: " + cmd.arguments(), NormalMessageFormat);