diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
index d38f93fbe61..f00e51df820 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ SOURCES += mainwindow.cpp \
     iversioncontrol.cpp \
     dialogs/addtovcsdialog.cpp \
     icorelistener.cpp \
-    ioutputpane.cpp
+    ioutputpane.cpp \
+    patchtool.cpp
 
 HEADERS += mainwindow.h \
     editmode.h \
@@ -194,7 +195,8 @@ HEADERS += mainwindow.h \
     textdocument.h \
     documentmanager.h \
     removefiledialog.h \
-    dialogs/addtovcsdialog.h
+    dialogs/addtovcsdialog.h \
+    patchtool.h
 
 FORMS += dialogs/newdialog.ui \
     dialogs/saveitemsdialog.ui \
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.qbs b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.qbs
index 5220e3464e8..340541f1f94 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.qbs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ QtcPlugin {
             "outputpane.cpp", "outputpane.h",
             "outputpanemanager.cpp", "outputpanemanager.h",
             "outputwindow.cpp", "outputwindow.h",
+            "patchtool.cpp" "patchtool.h"
             "plugindialog.cpp", "plugindialog.h",
             "removefiledialog.cpp", "removefiledialog.h", "removefiledialog.ui",
             "rightpane.cpp", "rightpane.h",
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.cpp
index f1f3fe46258..0e8e9c187aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include "coreconstants.h"
 #include "icore.h"
 #include "infobar.h"
+#include "patchtool.h"
+#include "vcsmanager.h"
 #include "editormanager/editormanager.h"
 
 #include <utils/checkablemessagebox.h>
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <utils/hostosinfo.h>
 #include <utils/stylehelper.h>
 #include <utils/unixutils.h>
+#include <utils/environment.h>
 
 #include <QMessageBox>
 
@@ -136,6 +139,12 @@ QWidget *GeneralSettings::widget()
             m_page->helpExternalFileBrowserButton->hide();
         }
 
+        const QString patchToolTip = tr("Command used for reverting diff chunks.");
+        m_page->patchCommandLabel->setToolTip(patchToolTip);
+        m_page->patchChooser->setToolTip(patchToolTip);
+        m_page->patchChooser->setExpectedKind(Utils::PathChooser::ExistingCommand);
+        m_page->patchChooser->setHistoryCompleter(QLatin1String("General.PatchCommand.History"));
+        m_page->patchChooser->setPath(Core::PatchTool::patchCommand());
         m_page->autoSaveCheckBox->setChecked(EditorManager::autoSaveEnabled());
         m_page->autoSaveInterval->setValue(EditorManager::autoSaveInterval());
         m_page->resetWarningsButton->setEnabled(Core::InfoBar::anyGloballySuppressed()
@@ -153,6 +162,11 @@ QWidget *GeneralSettings::widget()
                         this, SLOT(showHelpForFileBrowser()));
             }
         }
+
+        updatePath();
+
+        connect(Core::VcsManager::instance(), SIGNAL(configurationChanged(const IVersionControl*)),
+                this, SLOT(updatePath()));
     }
     return m_widget;
 }
@@ -174,6 +188,7 @@ void GeneralSettings::apply()
                                              m_page->externalFileBrowserEdit->text());
         }
     }
+    Core::PatchTool::setPatchCommand(m_page->patchChooser->path());
     EditorManager::setAutoSaveEnabled(m_page->autoSaveCheckBox->isChecked());
     EditorManager::setAutoSaveInterval(m_page->autoSaveInterval->value());
 }
@@ -211,6 +226,13 @@ void GeneralSettings::resetFileBrowser()
         m_page->externalFileBrowserEdit->setText(UnixUtils::defaultFileBrowser());
 }
 
+void GeneralSettings::updatePath()
+{
+    Utils::Environment env = Utils::Environment::systemEnvironment();
+    QStringList toAdd = Core::VcsManager::additionalToolsPath();
+    env.appendOrSetPath(toAdd.join(QString(Utils::HostOsInfo::pathListSeparator())));
+    m_page->patchChooser->setEnvironment(env);
+}
 
 void GeneralSettings::variableHelpDialogCreator(const QString &helpText)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.h
index dd3186df2b4..e6d81c43286 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ private slots:
     void showHelpForFileBrowser();
     void resetFileBrowser();
     void resetTerminal();
+    void updatePath();
 
 private:
     void variableHelpDialogCreator(const QString &helpText);
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.ui b/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.ui
index 562fa3d784e..33651b785b2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.ui
@@ -181,7 +181,17 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="2" column="0" colspan="4">
+      <item row="2" column="0">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="patchCommandLabel">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Patch command:</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="2" column="1" colspan="2">
+       <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="patchChooser" native="true"/>
+      </item>
+      <item row="3" column="0" colspan="4">
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
         <item>
          <widget class="QLabel" name="modifiedLabel">
@@ -227,7 +237,7 @@
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
-      <item row="3" column="0" colspan="4">
+      <item row="4" column="0" colspan="4">
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_5">
         <item>
          <widget class="QCheckBox" name="autoSaveCheckBox">
@@ -314,6 +324,16 @@
    <extends>QToolButton</extends>
    <header location="global">utils/qtcolorbutton.h</header>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>Utils::PathChooser</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header location="global">utils/pathchooser.h</header>
+   <container>1</container>
+   <slots>
+    <signal>editingFinished()</signal>
+    <signal>browsingFinished()</signal>
+   </slots>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="core.qrc"/>
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90c38d7102e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "patchtool.h"
+#include "messagemanager.h"
+#include "icore.h"
+#include <utils/synchronousprocess.h>
+
+#include <QProcess>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QApplication>
+
+static const char settingsGroupC[] = "General";
+static const char legacySettingsGroupC[] = "VCS";
+static const char patchCommandKeyC[] = "PatchCommand";
+static const char patchCommandDefaultC[] = "patch";
+
+namespace Core {
+
+static QString readLegacyCommand()
+{
+    QSettings *s = Core::ICore::settings();
+
+    s->beginGroup(QLatin1String(legacySettingsGroupC));
+    const bool legacyExists = s->contains(QLatin1String(patchCommandKeyC));
+    const QString legacyCommand = s->value(QLatin1String(patchCommandKeyC), QLatin1String(patchCommandDefaultC)).toString();
+    if (legacyExists)
+        s->remove(QLatin1String(patchCommandKeyC));
+    s->endGroup();
+
+    if (legacyExists && legacyCommand != QLatin1String(patchCommandDefaultC))
+        PatchTool::setPatchCommand(legacyCommand);
+
+    return legacyCommand;
+}
+
+QString PatchTool::patchCommand()
+{
+    QSettings *s = Core::ICore::settings();
+
+    const QString defaultCommand = readLegacyCommand(); // replace it with QLatin1String(patchCommandDefaultC) when dropping legacy stuff
+
+    s->beginGroup(QLatin1String(settingsGroupC));
+    const QString command = s->value(QLatin1String(patchCommandKeyC), defaultCommand).toString();
+    s->endGroup();
+
+    return command;
+}
+
+void PatchTool::setPatchCommand(const QString &newCommand)
+{
+    QSettings *s = Core::ICore::settings();
+    s->beginGroup(QLatin1String(settingsGroupC));
+    s->setValue(QLatin1String(patchCommandKeyC), newCommand);
+    s->endGroup();
+}
+
+bool PatchTool::runPatch(const QByteArray &input, const QString &workingDirectory,
+                         int strip, bool reverse)
+{
+    const QString patch = patchCommand();
+    if (patch.isEmpty()) {
+        MessageManager::write(QApplication::translate("Core::PatchTool", "There is no patch-command configured in the general \"Environment\" settings."));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    QProcess patchProcess;
+    if (!workingDirectory.isEmpty())
+        patchProcess.setWorkingDirectory(workingDirectory);
+    QStringList args(QLatin1String("-p") + QString::number(strip));
+    if (reverse)
+        args << QLatin1String("-R");
+    MessageManager::write(QApplication::translate("Core::PatchTool", "Executing in %1: %2 %3").
+                          arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(workingDirectory),
+                              QDir::toNativeSeparators(patch), args.join(QLatin1String(" "))));
+    patchProcess.start(patch, args);
+    if (!patchProcess.waitForStarted()) {
+        MessageManager::write(QApplication::translate("Core::PatchTool", "Unable to launch \"%1\": %2").arg(patch, patchProcess.errorString()));
+        return false;
+    }
+    patchProcess.write(input);
+    patchProcess.closeWriteChannel();
+    QByteArray stdOut;
+    QByteArray stdErr;
+    if (!Utils::SynchronousProcess::readDataFromProcess(patchProcess, 30000, &stdOut, &stdErr, true)) {
+        Utils::SynchronousProcess::stopProcess(patchProcess);
+        MessageManager::write(QApplication::translate("Core::PatchTool", "A timeout occurred running \"%1\"").arg(patch));
+        return false;
+
+    }
+    if (!stdOut.isEmpty())
+        MessageManager::write(QString::fromLocal8Bit(stdOut));
+    if (!stdErr.isEmpty())
+        MessageManager::write(QString::fromLocal8Bit(stdErr));
+
+    if (patchProcess.exitStatus() != QProcess::NormalExit) {
+        MessageManager::write(QApplication::translate("Core::PatchTool", "\"%1\" crashed.").arg(patch));
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (patchProcess.exitCode() != 0) {
+        MessageManager::write(QApplication::translate("Core::PatchTool", "\"%1\" failed (exit code %2).").arg(patch).arg(patchProcess.exitCode()));
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+} // namespace Core
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30c3b7bfe98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef CORE_PATCHTOOL_H
+#define CORE_PATCHTOOL_H
+
+#include "coreplugin/core_global.h"
+
+#include <QString>
+
+namespace Core {
+
+class CORE_EXPORT PatchTool
+{
+public:
+    static QString patchCommand();
+    static void setPatchCommand(const QString &newCommand);
+
+    // Utility to run the 'patch' command
+    static bool runPatch(const QByteArray &input, const QString &workingDirectory = QString(),
+                         int strip = 0, bool reverse = false);
+};
+
+} // namespace Core
+
+#endif // CORE_PATCHTOOL_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.cpp
index 2ac0c6af3b1..9923833ddac 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.cpp
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ CommonSettingsWidget::CommonSettingsWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     m_ui->nickNameMailMapChooser->setHistoryCompleter(QLatin1String("Vcs.NickMap.History"));
     m_ui->sshPromptChooser->setExpectedKind(Utils::PathChooser::ExistingCommand);
     m_ui->sshPromptChooser->setHistoryCompleter(QLatin1String("Vcs.SshPrompt.History"));
-    const QString patchToolTip = tr("Command used for reverting diff chunks.");
-    m_ui->patchCommandLabel->setToolTip(patchToolTip);
-    m_ui->patchChooser->setToolTip(patchToolTip);
-    m_ui->patchChooser->setExpectedKind(Utils::PathChooser::ExistingCommand);
-    m_ui->patchChooser->setHistoryCompleter(QLatin1String("Vcs.PatchCommand.History"));
 
     updatePath();
 
@@ -84,7 +79,6 @@ CommonVcsSettings CommonSettingsWidget::settings() const
     rc.lineWrap= m_ui->lineWrapCheckBox->isChecked();
     rc.lineWrapWidth = m_ui->lineWrapSpinBox->value();
     rc.sshPasswordPrompt = m_ui->sshPromptChooser->path();
-    rc.patchCommand = m_ui->patchChooser->path();
     return rc;
 }
 
@@ -96,21 +90,6 @@ void CommonSettingsWidget::setSettings(const CommonVcsSettings &s)
     m_ui->lineWrapCheckBox->setChecked(s.lineWrap);
     m_ui->lineWrapSpinBox->setValue(s.lineWrapWidth);
     m_ui->sshPromptChooser->setPath(s.sshPasswordPrompt);
-    m_ui->patchChooser->setPath(s.patchCommand);
-}
-
-QString CommonSettingsWidget::searchKeyWordMatchString() const
-{
-    const QChar blank = QLatin1Char(' ');
-    QString rc = m_ui->lineWrapCheckBox->text()
-            + blank + m_ui->submitMessageCheckScriptLabel->text()
-            + blank + m_ui->nickNameMailMapLabel->text()
-            + blank + m_ui->nickNameFieldsFileLabel->text()
-            + blank + m_ui->sshPromptLabel->text()
-            + blank + m_ui->patchCommandLabel->text()
-            ;
-    rc.remove(QLatin1Char('&')); // Strip buddy markers.
-    return rc;
 }
 
 void CommonSettingsWidget::updatePath()
@@ -118,7 +97,6 @@ void CommonSettingsWidget::updatePath()
     Utils::Environment env = Utils::Environment::systemEnvironment();
     QStringList toAdd = Core::VcsManager::additionalToolsPath();
     env.appendOrSetPath(toAdd.join(QString(Utils::HostOsInfo::pathListSeparator())));
-    m_ui->patchChooser->setEnvironment(env);
     m_ui->sshPromptChooser->setEnvironment(env);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.h
index 67e5428f52b..291f6f02c5a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.h
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ public:
     CommonVcsSettings settings() const;
     void setSettings(const CommonVcsSettings &s);
 
-    QString searchKeyWordMatchString() const;
-
 private slots:
     void updatePath();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.ui b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.ui
index 99b43c85947..b0c2d6f07bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonsettingspage.ui
@@ -119,19 +119,6 @@ should a repository require SSH-authentication (see documentation on SSH and the
    <item row="5" column="1">
     <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="sshPromptChooser" native="true"/>
    </item>
-   <item row="6" column="0">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="patchCommandLabel">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>&amp;Patch command:</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="buddy">
-      <cstring>patchChooser</cstring>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="6" column="1">
-    <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="patchChooser" native="true"/>
-   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.cpp
index a93cd7827cc..e439e012a9e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.cpp
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ static const char submitMessageCheckScriptKeyC[] = "SubmitMessageCheckScript";
 static const char lineWrapKeyC[] = "LineWrap";
 static const char lineWrapWidthKeyC[] = "LineWrapWidth";
 static const char sshPasswordPromptKeyC[] = "SshPasswordPrompt";
-static const char patchCommandKeyC[] = "PatchCommand";
-static const char patchCommandDefaultC[] = "patch";
 
 static const int lineWrapWidthDefault = 72;
 static const bool lineWrapDefault = true;
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 CommonVcsSettings::CommonVcsSettings() :
     sshPasswordPrompt(sshPasswordPromptDefault()),
-    patchCommand(QLatin1String(patchCommandDefaultC)),
     lineWrap(lineWrapDefault),
     lineWrapWidth(lineWrapWidthDefault)
 {
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ void CommonVcsSettings::toSettings(QSettings *s) const
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(submitMessageCheckScriptKeyC), submitMessageCheckScript);
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(lineWrapKeyC), lineWrap);
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(lineWrapWidthKeyC), lineWrapWidth);
-    s->setValue(QLatin1String(patchCommandKeyC), patchCommand);
     // Do not store the default setting to avoid clobbering the environment.
     if (sshPasswordPrompt != sshPasswordPromptDefault())
         s->setValue(QLatin1String(sshPasswordPromptKeyC), sshPasswordPrompt);
@@ -95,7 +91,6 @@ void CommonVcsSettings::fromSettings(QSettings *s)
     lineWrap = s->value(QLatin1String(lineWrapKeyC), lineWrapDefault).toBool();
     lineWrapWidth = s->value(QLatin1String(lineWrapWidthKeyC), lineWrapWidthDefault).toInt();
     sshPasswordPrompt = s->value(QLatin1String(sshPasswordPromptKeyC), sshPasswordPromptDefault()).toString();
-    patchCommand = s->value(QLatin1String(patchCommandKeyC), QLatin1String(patchCommandDefaultC)).toString();
     s->endGroup();
 }
 
@@ -106,8 +101,7 @@ bool CommonVcsSettings::equals(const CommonVcsSettings &rhs) const
            && nickNameMailMap == rhs.nickNameMailMap
            && nickNameFieldListFile == rhs.nickNameFieldListFile
            && submitMessageCheckScript == rhs.submitMessageCheckScript
-           && sshPasswordPrompt == rhs.sshPasswordPrompt
-           && patchCommand == rhs.patchCommand;
+           && sshPasswordPrompt == rhs.sshPasswordPrompt;
 }
 
 QDebug operator<<(QDebug d,const CommonVcsSettings& s)
@@ -118,7 +112,6 @@ QDebug operator<<(QDebug d,const CommonVcsSettings& s)
             << "' nickNameFieldListFile='" << s.nickNameFieldListFile
             << "'submitMessageCheckScript='" << s.submitMessageCheckScript
             << "'sshPasswordPrompt='" << s.sshPasswordPrompt
-            << "'patchCommand='" << s.patchCommand
             << "'\n";
     return d;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.h
index 380711acd2d..4f11c37b0ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.h
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ public:
     // Executable run to graphically prompt for a SSH-password.
     QString sshPasswordPrompt;
 
-    QString patchCommand;
-
     bool lineWrap;
     int lineWrapWidth;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp
index 92c90b3bf93..dedad678ae5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
 #include <coreplugin/vcsmanager.h>
+#include <coreplugin/patchtool.h>
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/editorconfiguration.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h>
@@ -1449,7 +1450,7 @@ bool VcsBaseEditorWidget::canApplyDiffChunk(const DiffChunk &dc) const
 // (passing '-R' for revert), assuming we got absolute paths from the VCS plugins.
 bool VcsBaseEditorWidget::applyDiffChunk(const DiffChunk &dc, bool revert) const
 {
-    return VcsBasePlugin::runPatch(dc.asPatch(d->m_workingDirectory),
+    return Core::PatchTool::runPatch(dc.asPatch(d->m_workingDirectory),
                                    d->m_workingDirectory, 0, revert);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
index 8448d6838f2..49042f71d54 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
@@ -784,54 +784,6 @@ SynchronousProcessResponse VcsBasePlugin::runVcs(const QString &workingDir,
     return command.runVcs(arguments, timeOutMS);
 }
 
-bool VcsBasePlugin::runPatch(const QByteArray &input, const QString &workingDirectory,
-                             int strip, bool reverse)
-{
-    VcsBaseOutputWindow *ow = VcsBaseOutputWindow::instance();
-    const QString patch = Internal::VcsPlugin::instance()->settings().patchCommand;
-    if (patch.isEmpty()) {
-        ow->appendError(tr("There is no patch-command configured in the common 'Version Control' settings."));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    QProcess patchProcess;
-    if (!workingDirectory.isEmpty())
-        patchProcess.setWorkingDirectory(workingDirectory);
-    QStringList args(QLatin1String("-p") + QString::number(strip));
-    if (reverse)
-        args << QLatin1String("-R");
-    ow->appendCommand(workingDirectory, patch, args);
-    patchProcess.start(patch, args);
-    if (!patchProcess.waitForStarted()) {
-        ow->appendError(tr("Unable to launch \"%1\": %2").arg(patch, patchProcess.errorString()));
-        return false;
-    }
-    patchProcess.write(input);
-    patchProcess.closeWriteChannel();
-    QByteArray stdOut;
-    QByteArray stdErr;
-    if (!SynchronousProcess::readDataFromProcess(patchProcess, 30000, &stdOut, &stdErr, true)) {
-        SynchronousProcess::stopProcess(patchProcess);
-        ow->appendError(tr("A timeout occurred running \"%1\"").arg(patch));
-        return false;
-
-    }
-    if (!stdOut.isEmpty())
-        ow->append(QString::fromLocal8Bit(stdOut));
-    if (!stdErr.isEmpty())
-        ow->appendError(QString::fromLocal8Bit(stdErr));
-
-    if (patchProcess.exitStatus() != QProcess::NormalExit) {
-        ow->appendError(tr("\"%1\" crashed.").arg(patch));
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (patchProcess.exitCode() != 0) {
-        ow->appendError(tr("\"%1\" failed (exit code %2).").arg(patch).arg(patchProcess.exitCode()));
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
 } // namespace VcsBase
 
 #include "vcsbaseplugin.moc"
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.h
index 9f5f23442be..bd5c241da08 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.h
@@ -187,10 +187,6 @@ public:
                                                     QTextCodec *outputCodec = 0,
                                                     const QProcessEnvironment &env = QProcessEnvironment());
 
-    // Utility to run the 'patch' command
-    static bool runPatch(const QByteArray &input, const QString &workingDirectory = QString(),
-                         int strip = 0, bool reverse = false);
-
 public slots:
     // Convenience slot for "Delete current file" action. Prompts to
     // delete the file via VcsManager.