diff --git a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/progresssupport.cpp b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/progresssupport.cpp
index 0a76a08abb3..61f64cc60e7 100644
--- a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/progresssupport.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/progresssupport.cpp
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
 
 namespace LanguageServerProtocol {
 
-ProgressToken::ProgressToken()
-    : Utils::variant<int, QString>(QUuid::createUuid().toString())
-{}
-
 ProgressToken::ProgressToken(const QJsonValue &value)
 {
     if (!QTC_GUARD(value.isDouble() || value.isString()))
diff --git a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/progresssupport.h b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/progresssupport.h
index ae6ecd7201b..fb6031a4c76 100644
--- a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/progresssupport.h
+++ b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/progresssupport.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace LanguageServerProtocol {
 class LANGUAGESERVERPROTOCOL_EXPORT ProgressToken : public Utils::variant<int, QString>
 {
 public:
-    ProgressToken();
     using variant::variant;
     explicit ProgressToken(const QJsonValue &value);