diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
index e5e5142370d..46aa5848f7c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
@@ -207,11 +207,11 @@ static BaseClientInterface *clientInterface(Project *project, const Utils::FileP
                             "--clang-tidy=0"}};
     if (settings.workerThreadLimit() != 0)
         cmd.addArg("-j=" + QString::number(settings.workerThreadLimit()));
-    if (indexingEnabled && settings.clangdVersion() >= QVersionNumber(15)) {
+    if (indexingEnabled && Utils::clangdVersion(clangdExePath) >= QVersionNumber(15)) {
         cmd.addArg("--background-index-priority="
                    + ClangdSettings::priorityToString(indexingPriority));
     }
-    if (settings.clangdVersion() >= QVersionNumber(16))
+    if (Utils::clangdVersion(clangdExePath) >= QVersionNumber(16))
         cmd.addArg("--rename-file-limit=0");
     if (!jsonDbDir.isEmpty())
         cmd.addArg("--compile-commands-dir=" + clangdExePath.withNewMappedPath(jsonDbDir).path());
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
index db6231cfe99..bac28694f52 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ ClangdSettings::ClangdSettings()
 
 bool ClangdSettings::useClangd() const
 {
-    return m_data.useClangd && clangdVersion() >= QVersionNumber(14);
+    return m_data.useClangd && Utils::clangdVersion(clangdFilePath()) >= QVersionNumber(14);
 }
 
 void ClangdSettings::setUseClangd(bool use) { instance().m_data.useClangd = use; }
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.h
index b4f8ac7269d..6b491855107 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.h
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ public:
     void setData(const Data &data);
     Data data() const { return m_data; }
 
-    QVersionNumber clangdVersion() const { return Utils::clangdVersion(clangdFilePath()); }
     Utils::FilePath clangdIncludePath() const;
     static Utils::FilePath clangdUserConfigFilePath();