diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
index c44c78f0768..845d82f5a06 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ void BaseFileFind::runNewSearch(const QString &txt, FindFlags findFlags,
     parameters.exclusionFilters = fileExclusionFilters();
     parameters.additionalParameters = additionalParameters();
     parameters.searchEngineParameters = searchEngine->parameters();
-    parameters.searchEngineIndex = d->m_currentSearchEngineIndex;
     parameters.fileContainerProvider = fileContainerProvider();
     parameters.editorOpener = searchEngine->editorOpener();
     parameters.searchExecutor = searchEngine->searchExecutor();
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h
index 2d00e2e6279..b284eeabc03 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ public:
     QStringList exclusionFilters;
     QVariant additionalParameters;
     QVariant searchEngineParameters;
-    int searchEngineIndex;
     Utils::FindFlags flags;
     FileContainerProvider fileContainerProvider = {};
     EditorOpener editorOpener = {};