diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
index a56fe7603c3..e0f200eae8b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
@@ -140,18 +140,11 @@ public:
                 &PerfProfilerTool::onRunControlFinished);
 
         PerfDataReader *reader = m_perfParserWorker->reader();
-        Process *perfProcess = m_perfRecordWorker->process();
-
-        if (perfProcess) {
-            connect(perfProcess, &Process::readyReadStandardError, this, [this, perfProcess] {
-                appendMessage(QString::fromLocal8Bit(perfProcess->readAllRawStandardError()),
-                              StdErrFormat);
-            });
-            connect(perfProcess, &Process::readyReadStandardOutput, this, [this, reader, perfProcess] {
-                if (!reader->feedParser(perfProcess->readAllRawStandardOutput()))
-                    reportFailure(Tr::tr("Failed to transfer Perf data to perfparser."));
-            });
-        }
+        connect(m_perfRecordWorker, &ProcessRunner::stdOutData,
+                this, [this, reader](const QByteArray &data) {
+            if (!reader->feedParser(data))
+                reportFailure(Tr::tr("Failed to transfer Perf data to perfparser."));
+        });
 
         reportStarted();
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp
index 22d0f538ce5..52819edb0a3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp
@@ -1512,17 +1512,13 @@ void ProcessRunnerPrivate::handleDone()
 void ProcessRunnerPrivate::handleStandardOutput()
 {
     if (m_suppressDefaultStdOutHandling)
-        return;
-
-    const QString msg = m_process.readAllStandardOutput();
-    q->appendMessage(msg, StdOutFormat, false);
+        emit q->stdOutData(m_process.readAllRawStandardOutput());
+    else
+        q->appendMessage(m_process.readAllStandardOutput(), StdOutFormat, false);
 }
 
 void ProcessRunnerPrivate::handleStandardError()
 {
-    if (m_suppressDefaultStdOutHandling)
-        return;
-
     const QString msg = m_process.readAllStandardError();
     q->appendMessage(msg, StdErrFormat, false);
 }
@@ -1709,11 +1705,6 @@ void ProcessRunner::setProcessMode(Utils::ProcessMode processMode)
     d->m_process.setProcessMode(processMode);
 }
 
-Process *ProcessRunner::process() const
-{
-    return &d->m_process;
-}
-
 void ProcessRunner::suppressDefaultStdOutHandling()
 {
     d->m_suppressDefaultStdOutHandling = true;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h
index c2199f88303..60794cb80ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h
@@ -293,11 +293,13 @@ public:
     void setEnvironment(const Utils::Environment &environment);
     void setWorkingDirectory(const Utils::FilePath &workingDirectory);
     void setProcessMode(Utils::ProcessMode processMode);
-    Utils::Process *process() const;
 
     void suppressDefaultStdOutHandling();
     void forceRunOnHost();
 
+signals:
+    void stdOutData(const QByteArray &data);
+
 private:
     void start() final;
     void stop() final;