diff --git a/src/plugins/insight/insightwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/insight/insightwidget.cpp
index 37db4340ff8..21e75f04549 100644
--- a/src/plugins/insight/insightwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/insight/insightwidget.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ void InsightWidget::reloadQmlSource()
 {
     QString statesListQmlFilePath = qmlSourcesPath() + QStringLiteral("/Main.qml");
     QTC_ASSERT(QFileInfo::exists(statesListQmlFilePath), return );
-    engine()->clearComponentCache();
     setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(statesListQmlFilePath));
 
     if (!rootObject()) {