diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp
index a3adcea07e4..a61c2eea32d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ NimbleBuildSystem::NimbleBuildSystem(Target *target)
             requestDelayedParse();
     });
 
+    connect(target->project(), &ProjectExplorer::Project::settingsLoaded,
+            this, &NimbleBuildSystem::loadSettings);
+    connect(target->project(), &ProjectExplorer::Project::aboutToSaveSettings,
+            this, &NimbleBuildSystem::saveSettings);
     requestDelayedParse();
 }
 
@@ -190,6 +194,7 @@ NimbleMetadata NimbleBuildSystem::metadata() const
 
 void NimbleBuildSystem::saveSettings()
 {
+    // only handles nimble specific settings - NimProjectScanner handles general settings
     QStringList result;
     for (const NimbleTask &task : m_tasks) {
         result.push_back(task.name);
@@ -201,17 +206,15 @@ void NimbleBuildSystem::saveSettings()
 
 void NimbleBuildSystem::loadSettings()
 {
+    // only handles nimble specific settings - NimProjectScanner handles general settings
     QStringList list = project()->namedSettings(C_NIMBLEPROJECT_TASKS).toStringList();
 
     m_tasks.clear();
     if (list.size() % 2 != 0)
         return;
 
-    std::vector<NimbleTask> result;
     for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i += 2)
-        result.push_back({list[i], list[i + 1]});
-
-    requestParse();
+        m_tasks.push_back({list[i], list[i + 1]});
 }
 
 bool NimbleBuildSystem::supportsAction(Node *context, ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildsystem.cpp b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildsystem.cpp
index b1cf0f10b6c..fed28f7da9e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildsystem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildsystem.cpp
@@ -213,22 +213,6 @@ FilePath nimblePathFromKit(Kit *kit)
     return nimbleFromKit.exists() ? nimbleFromKit.canonicalPath() : FilePath::fromString(nimbleFromPath);
 }
 
-void NimBuildSystem::loadSettings()
-{
-    QVariantMap settings = project()->namedSettings(SETTINGS_KEY).toMap();
-    if (settings.contains(EXCLUDED_FILES_KEY))
-        m_projectScanner.setExcludedFiles(settings.value(EXCLUDED_FILES_KEY, m_projectScanner.excludedFiles()).toStringList());
-
-    requestParse();
-}
-
-void NimBuildSystem::saveSettings()
-{
-    QVariantMap settings;
-    settings.insert(EXCLUDED_FILES_KEY, m_projectScanner.excludedFiles());
-    project()->setNamedSettings(SETTINGS_KEY, settings);
-}
-
 bool NimBuildSystem::supportsAction(Node *context, ProjectAction action, const Node *node) const
 {
     if (node->asFileNode()) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildsystem.h b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildsystem.h
index 96c125b72b9..02a868edac2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildsystem.h
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildsystem.h
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ public:
     void triggerParsing() override;
 
 protected:
-    void loadSettings();
-    void saveSettings();
-
     ParseGuard m_guard;
     NimProjectScanner m_projectScanner;
 };