diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
index 5263928da99..2b485f62f8a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@ void QmlProfilerClientManager::clearBufferedData()
         d->qmlclientplugin.data()->clearData();
 }
 
-void QmlProfilerClientManager::discardPendingData()
-{
-    clearBufferedData();
-}
-
 void QmlProfilerClientManager::connectTcpClient(Utils::Port port)
 {
     if (d->connection) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
index 5fdc7720492..f94a6c1c375 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ public:
     void setLocalSocket(QString file);
 
     void clearBufferedData();
-    void discardPendingData();
     bool isConnected() const;
 
     void setModelManager(QmlProfilerModelManager *m);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
index c6a29dd4ea5..e290961338d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ void QmlProfilerTool::showTimeLineSearch()
 void QmlProfilerTool::clearData()
 {
     d->m_profilerModelManager->clear();
-    d->m_profilerConnections->discardPendingData();
+    d->m_profilerConnections->clearBufferedData();
     setRecordedFeatures(0);
 }