diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index f40fdf22a4c..e278aae392c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -538,16 +538,6 @@ void BaseTextEditorWidget::selectEncoding()
     }
 }
 
-void BaseTextEditorWidget::triggerCompletions()
-{
-    CompletionSupport::instance()->complete(editor(), SemanticCompletion, true);
-}
-
-void BaseTextEditorWidget::triggerQuickFix()
-{
-    CompletionSupport::instance()->complete(editor(), QuickFixCompletion, true);
-}
-
 QString BaseTextEditorWidget::msgTextTooLarge(quint64 size)
 {
     return tr("The text is too large to be displayed (%1 MB).").
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
index 3bed0289933..0c1721b0b74 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ public:
     BaseTextEditor *editor() const;
     ITextMarkable *markableInterface() const;
 
-    virtual void triggerCompletions();
-    virtual void triggerQuickFix();
-
     QChar characterAt(int pos) const;
 
     void print(QPrinter *);
@@ -584,9 +581,6 @@ public:
     QString textAt(int pos, int length) const;
     inline QChar characterAt(int pos) const { return e->characterAt(pos); }
 
-    inline void triggerCompletions() { e->triggerCompletions(); } // slot?
-    inline void triggerQuickFix() { e->triggerQuickFix(); } // slot?
-
     inline ITextMarkable *markableInterface() { return e->markableInterface(); }
 
     void setContextHelpId(const QString &id) { m_contextHelpId = id; }
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/itexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/itexteditor.h
index e576262ae82..3a52f6008ef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/itexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/itexteditor.h
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ public:
     /*! Selects text between current cursor position and \a toPos. */
     virtual void select(int toPos) = 0;
 
-    virtual void triggerCompletions() = 0;
-    virtual void triggerQuickFix() = 0;
-
     virtual ITextMarkable *markableInterface() = 0;
 
     virtual void setContextHelpId(const QString &) = 0;
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp
index 04ecc63e5dd..03f89cc98af 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 #include "texteditorplugin.h"
 
+#include "completionsupport.h"
 #include "findinfiles.h"
 #include "findincurrentfile.h"
 #include "fontsettings.h"
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ void TextEditorPlugin::invokeCompletion()
     Core::IEditor *iface = Core::EditorManager::instance()->currentEditor();
     ITextEditor *editor = qobject_cast<ITextEditor *>(iface);
     if (editor)
-        editor->triggerCompletions();
+        CompletionSupport::instance()->complete(editor, SemanticCompletion, true);
 }
 
 void TextEditorPlugin::invokeQuickFix()
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ void TextEditorPlugin::invokeQuickFix()
     Core::IEditor *iface = Core::EditorManager::instance()->currentEditor();
     ITextEditor *editor = qobject_cast<ITextEditor *>(iface);
     if (editor)
-        editor->triggerQuickFix();
+        CompletionSupport::instance()->complete(editor, QuickFixCompletion, true);
 }
 
 void TextEditorPlugin::updateSearchResultsFont(const FontSettings &settings)