diff --git a/plugins/fossil/commiteditor.cpp b/plugins/fossil/commiteditor.cpp
index 756fe13938e..58d62144456 100644
--- a/plugins/fossil/commiteditor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/fossil/commiteditor.cpp
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 namespace Fossil {
 namespace Internal {
 
-CommitEditor::CommitEditor(const VcsBase::VcsBaseSubmitEditorParameters *parameters) :
-    VcsBase::VcsBaseSubmitEditor(parameters, new FossilCommitWidget)
+CommitEditor::CommitEditor() :
+    VcsBase::VcsBaseSubmitEditor(new FossilCommitWidget)
 {
     document()->setPreferredDisplayName(tr("Commit Editor"));
 }
diff --git a/plugins/fossil/commiteditor.h b/plugins/fossil/commiteditor.h
index 5cc4b3ae382..cb8bbfa289e 100644
--- a/plugins/fossil/commiteditor.h
+++ b/plugins/fossil/commiteditor.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class CommitEditor : public VcsBase::VcsBaseSubmitEditor
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    explicit CommitEditor(const VcsBase::VcsBaseSubmitEditorParameters *parameters);
+    CommitEditor();
 
     void setFields(const QString &repositoryRoot, const BranchInfo &branch,
                    const QStringList &tags, const QString &userName,
diff --git a/plugins/fossil/fossilplugin.cpp b/plugins/fossil/fossilplugin.cpp
index 94cbf88e37c..75c9f0328d1 100644
--- a/plugins/fossil/fossilplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/fossil/fossilplugin.cpp
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ FossilPluginPrivate::FossilPluginPrivate()
     for (int i = 0; i < editorCount; i++)
         new VcsBase::VcsEditorFactory(editorParameters + i, widgetCreator, describeFunc, this);
 
-    new VcsBase::VcsSubmitEditorFactory(&submitEditorParameters,
-        []() { return new CommitEditor(&submitEditorParameters); }, this);
+    new VcsBase::VcsSubmitEditorFactory(submitEditorParameters,
+        [] { return new CommitEditor; }, this);
 
     m_commandLocator = new Core::CommandLocator("Fossil", "fossil", "fossil", this);